Robust relationships for simple plantation growth models based on sparse data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1050-1054

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Even aged; Forest growth model; Plantation

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; FOREST GROWTH MODEL; GROWTH MODELS; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; MEASURED DATA; SPARSE DATA; THREE PARAMETERS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; GROWTH MODELING; MORTALITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

EID: 74449083693     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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