Towards non-destructive estimation of tree age

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 286-295

  Rohner, Brigitte ^a,b   Bugmann, Harald ^a   Bigler, Christof ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age diameter relationship; Chapman Richards growth equation; Dendrochronology; Forest reserve; Nonlinear mixed effects model; Quercus spp.

Indexed keywords

AGE-DIAMETER RELATIONSHIP; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST RESERVES; GROWTH EQUATION; MIXED-EFFECTS MODELS; QUERCUS SPP;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; POLYNOMIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

AGE CLASS; AGE DETERMINATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RICHARDS EQUATION;

CONSERVATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

SWITZERLAND;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84878732224     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.034     Document Type: Article

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