Simple and reliable models of density decrease with dominant height growth for even-aged natural stands and plantations

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 621-630

  Stankova, Tatiana V ^a,b   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Competition induced mortality; Density Management Diagrams; Dominant height growth; Even aged stands; Stand level models

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MORTALITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION MODELING; SELF THINNING; STAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 84882246928     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0303-y     Document Type: Article

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