Estimating growth in beech forests: A study based on long term experiments in Switzerland

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Álvarez González, Juan Gabriel ^a   Zingg, Andreas ^b   Gadow, Klaus V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; GADA; Simultaneous fitting; Thinning effect

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DICOTYLEDON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; THINNING;

SWITZERLAND;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 77952327960     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009113     Document Type: Review

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