A simple and effective forest stand mortality model

Mathematical and Computational Forestry and Natural-Resource Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  García, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Relative spacing; Self thinning; Survival

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOUR; BRITISH COLUMBIA; GROWTH AND YIELD; NUMBER OF TREES; RELATIVE SPACING; RIGHT-HAND SIDES; SELF-THINNING; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EQUATION; FORESTRY MODELING; HEIGHT; MORTALITY; SELF THINNING; STAND DYNAMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NEW ZEALAND;

PICEA GLAUCA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RADIATA;

EID: 72149126886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19467664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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