Crown-rise and crown-length dynamics: Application to loblolly pine

Forestry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 371-375

  Valentine, Harry T ^a   Amateis, Ralph L ^b   Gove, Jeffrey H ^a   Mäkelä, Annikki ^c  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH RATE; PREDICTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84878105467     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpt007     Document Type: Article

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