Comparison of different non-parametric growth imputation methods in the presence of correlated observations

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-51

  Sironen, S ^a   Kangas, A ^b   Maltamo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DIAMETER; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MODEL VALIDATION; TREE STUMP;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77149165995     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpp030     Document Type: Article

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