Arguments for a model-dependent inference?

Forestry

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-325

  Magnussen, Steen ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARADIGM SHIFT; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION;

EID: 84937424823     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpv002     Document Type: Article

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