Significant differences and curvilinearity in the self-thinning relationships of 11 temperate tree species assessed from forest inventory data

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Charru, Marie ^a,b   Seynave, Ingrid ^b   Morneau, François ^c   Rivoire, Michaël ^a   Bontemps, Jean Daniel ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c Inventaire Forestier National   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Law of maximum; National forest inventory; Self thinning; Self tolerance; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOREST INVENTORY; FORESTRY MODELING; STAND STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING; TOLERANCE;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84862014256     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0149-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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