Quantifying tree diameter distributions with one-dimensional diffusion processes

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-221

  Rupšys, Petras ^a   Petrauskas, Edmundas ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

CIR Model; Diameter; Logistic Model; Shapiro Wilk Statistic; Transition Density; Vasicek Model

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77951698968     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339010003263     Document Type: Article

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