A reduced growth model based on stand basal area. A case for hybrid poplar plantations in northeast Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2093-2102

  Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Pemán, Jesús ^b   Aunós, Álvaro ^b  

^a CESEFOR FOUNDATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generalized algebraic difference approach; Growth model; Merchantable stand volume; Poplar plantations; Stand basal area

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DOMINANT HEIGHT; EXTRA SUM OF SQUARES METHOD; GENERALIZED ALGEBRAIC DIFFERENCE APPROACH; GROWTH MODELS; HYBRID POPLAR; MEASURABLE VARIABLES; NORTHEAST SPAIN; ON CURRENTS; PERMANENT PLOT; POPULUS; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; SITE INDEX; STAND BASAL AREA; STAND VOLUME; STATIC MODEL; TRANSITION FUNCTIONS; VOLUME EQUATIONS;

ALGEBRA; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; FORECASTING;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CLONE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; HYBRID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

POPULUS;

EID: 77950134351     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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