Spatially correlated forest stand structures: A simulation approach using copulas

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Kershaw, John A ^a   Richards, Evelyn W ^a   McCarter, James B ^b,c   Oborn, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulas; Simulation; Spatial correlation; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

ACADIAN FOREST; COPULAS; CROWN RATIO; DATA SETS; FOREST GROWTH AND YIELD; FOREST STAND; FOREST STAND STRUCTURE; FOREST USE; LONGLEAF PINE; MULTI-SPECIES; SIMPLE APPROACH; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND STRUCTURES; USER INPUT; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DIAMETER; ESTHETICS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HEIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 77956903982     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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