Parameters of Gompertz function for evaluation of wood formation dynamics expressed as number of cells or measured widths in Norway spruce

Wood Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Gričar, Jožica ^a   Levanič, Tom ^b   Oven, Primož ^b  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cambial activity; Cell counting; Gompertz function; Image analysis; Norway spruce (Picea abies); Pinning method; Width measurements; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WOOD;

CAMBIAL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNTING; GOMPERTZ FUNCTION; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES); PINNING METHOD; WIDTH MEASUREMENTS; WOOD FORMATION;

FUNCTIONS;

CAMBIUM; FORMATION; GROWTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PICEA ABIES; PROBABILITY; TISSUE; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 60149097364     PISSN: 13364561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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