Evaluation of four methods to estimate parameters of an annual tree survival and diameter growth model

Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-624

  Cao, Quang ^a   Strub, Mike ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Weyerhaeuser ^*

Author keywords

Annual prediction; Individual tree model; Maximum likelihood estimation; Pinus taeda; Simultaneous estimation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK CODES; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INTERPOLATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS); TURBO CODES;

ANNUAL PREDICTION; DIAMETER GROWTHS; ESTIMATES OF PARAMETERS; GROWING PERIODS; GROWTH PERIODS; INDIVIDUAL TREE MODEL; LEVEL MODELS; LINEAR INTERPOLATIONS; LOG LIKELIHOODS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PINUS TAEDA; PINUS TAEDA L.; RATE OF CHANGES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE LANGUAGES; STAND DENSITIES; TREE GROWTH MODELS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIAMETER; FIBERS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS TAEDA; SIMULATION; TREES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 58149234265     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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