Moving beyond simple linear allometric relationships between tree height and diameter

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3910-3916

  Watt, Michael S ^a   Kirschbaum, Miko U F ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometry; Diameter; Elastic similarity model; Environmental impacts; Height; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DIAMETER; HEIGHT; SIMILARITY MODELS; STOCKING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MECHANICAL STABILITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALLOMETRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEIGHT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIAMETER; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; HEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; STABILITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 80755159409     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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