Using past growth to improve individual-tree diameter growth models for uneven-aged mixtures of Pinus sylvestris L. and Pinus nigra Arn. in Catalonia, north-east Spain

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-417

  Trasobares, Antoni ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Black pine; Growth index; Mixed models; Mixed stand; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH MODELING; INDEX METHOD;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 7644231631     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004034     Document Type: Article

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