Long-term thinning effects on the leaf area of Pinus strobus L. as estimated from litterfall and individual-tree allometric models

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-93

  Guiterman, Christopher H ^a   Seymour, Robert S ^b   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern white pine; Nonlinear least squares; Nonlinear mixed effects; Weighted models

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC MODELS; ALLOMETRICS; BASAL AREA; CANOPY LEAF AREA; CROWN LENGTHS; DYNAMIC NATURE; HIGH VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LEAF AREA; LITTERFALLS; LOW DENSITY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS; ROBUST MODELS; STAND GROWTH; STAND LEVELS; TIME CONSTRAINTS; TREE LEVEL; WEIGHTED MODELS; WHITE PINE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; LEAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS MONTICOLA;

EID: 84862648490     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.10-002     Document Type: Article

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