A model to estimate economic weight of tree survival relative to volume production taking patchiness into account

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 278-287

  Berlin, Mats ^a,b   Danell, Öje ^a   Jansson, Gunnar ^a,b   Andersson, Bengt ^b   Elfving, Björn ^a   Ericsson, Tore ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic weights; Genetic selection; Patchiness; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; FOREST SPECIES; GENETIC CHANGES; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH FUNCTIONS; HARVESTING AGE; PATCHINESS; PER UNIT; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRODUCTION AREA; PRODUCTION CELLS; SITE INDEX; STAND DENSITIES; SUBMODELS; THRESHOLD MODEL; TREE BREEDING; TREE SURVIVAL; VOLUME PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

AGE; BREEDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; TREES; WEIGHT INDICATORS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70449446040     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580903117388     Document Type: Article

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