A statistical thinning model for initialising large-scale ecosystem models

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-577

  Eastaugh, Chris S ^a   Hasenauer, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; inventory; management; Norway Spruce; probability density; thinning

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; INVENTORY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; THINNING;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AUSTRIA; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PICEA ABIES; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; THINNING;

EID: 84865374084     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.679679     Document Type: Article

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