Prediction of tree-size distributions and inventory variables from cumulants of canopy height distributions

Forestry

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 583-595

  Magnussen, Steen ^a   Næsset, Erik ^b   Gobakken, Terje ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; LASER METHOD; PROBABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84886077585     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpt022     Document Type: Article

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