Even-aged or uneven-aged modelling approach? A case for Pinus brutia

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-465

  De Miguel, Sergio ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^a   Assaf, Nabil ^b   Bonet, José Antonio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Growth model; Model evaluation; Semieven aged stands; Simulation; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

LEBANON;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS BRUTIA;

EID: 84866028179     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0171-2     Document Type: Article

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