Mortality of silver fir and Norway Spruce in the Western Alps - A semi-parametric approach combining size-dependent and growth-dependent mortality

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Vieilledent, Ghislain ^a,b,c   Courbaud, Benoît ^a   Kunstler, Georges ^a   Dhôte, Jean François ^b,d  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d ONF   (France)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Conditional probability; Non parametric model; Picea abies; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; SENESCENCE; SIMULATION; SIZE; SUCCESSION; TRADE-OFF;

ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77952405254     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009112     Document Type: Article

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