Modelling the growth of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) in Wales using wenk's model approach

Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Murphy, Stephen T ^a   Pommerening, Arne ^b  

^a Ae Village   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Parameter estimation; Stem analysis; Volume increment sampling (VIS); Wenk model

Indexed keywords

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 77949835741     PISSN: 00025852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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