The bivariate Gompertz diffusion model for tree diameter and height distribution

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-280

  Rupšys, Petras ^a   Petrauskas, Edmundas ^b  

^a Department of Forest Management ^*  (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Bivariate Gompertz process; Bivariate lognormal distribution; Correlation function; Pseudoresiduals

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORESTRY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE GOMPERTZ PROCESS; BIVARIATE LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSEUDORESIDUAL; STOCHASTICS; TREE DIAMETER AND HEIGHTS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 77953910992     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/56.3.271     Document Type: Article

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