Isometric and allometric relationships between large and small-scale tree spacing studies

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-224

  Strub, Mike R ^a   Amateis, Ralph L ^b  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog models; Dimensional analysis; Pinus taeda; Similarity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849104883     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2008.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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