Reconstructing harvesting diameter distribution from aggregate data

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-243

  Lafond, Valentine ^a   Cordonnier, Thomas ^a   De Coligny, François ^b   Courbaud, Benoît ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Diameter distribution; Forest dynamics modeling; Silviculture; Thinning and harvesting algorithm; Uneven aged selection forest

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DIAMETER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY MODELING; HARVESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; THINNING; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84862013563     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0155-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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