Predicting the growth and yield of Pinus radiata in Bolivia

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-343

  Guzmán, Gustavo ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b   Palahí, Marc ^c   De Miguel, Sergio ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Individual tree modeling; Pine plantations; Self thinning model; Simulation; Site index model

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PREDICTION; SELF THINNING; SITE INDEX; SIZE; STAND DYNAMICS; YIELD;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84862016983     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0162-3     Document Type: Article

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