Base-age invariant polymorphic height growth and site index equations for peatland black spruce stands

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 202-210

  Newton, Peter F ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algebraic difference approach; Asymptotic height; Height prediction error intervals

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FORECASTING; WETLANDS;

ALGEBRAIC DIFFERENCE APPROACHES; ASYMPTOTIC HEIGHT; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PEATLAND BLACK SPRUCE; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; PREDICTION ERRORS; SITE INDEX EQUATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CLAY; ERRORS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PICEA MARIANA; WETLANDS;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 58049120776     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/25.4.202     Document Type: Article

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