Modeling annualized occurrence, frequency, and composition of ingrowth using mixed-effects zeroinflated models and permanent plots in the Acadian Forest Region of North America

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2077-2089

  Li, Rongxia ^a   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^a   Kershaw Jr , John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADIAN FOREST; BASAL AREA; BEST FIT; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FOREST GROWTH AND YIELD; GAUSSIAN REGRESSION; HIGH VARIABILITY; LOGICAL BEHAVIOR; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; PERMANENT PLOT; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; RANDOM EFFECTS; REGRESSION MODEL; SIMILAR MODELS; SITE QUALITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND BASAL AREA; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

FORESTRY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BASAL AREA; DIAMETER; ECOREGION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOCHASTICITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

FORESTRY; HIGH ENERGY; PHYSICS; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 80055026262     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-117     Document Type: Article

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