Urban tree growth modeling

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 172-180

  McPherson, E Gregory ^a   Peper, Paula J ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ecosystem Services; Predictive Equations; Tree Growth; Urban Forest

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SITE EFFECT; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 84866682009     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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