Modelling sawn timber volume and strength development at the individual tree level– Essential model features by the example of Douglas fir

Silva Fennica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Poschenrieder, Werner ^a   Rais, Andreas ^a   van de Kuilen, Jan Willem G ^a   Pretzsch, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grading; R statistical environment; Sawing; Sensitivity test; Stem structure; Wood quality modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; GRADING; SAWING; TIMBER;

EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; R STATISTICAL ENVIRONMENT; SENSITIVITY TESTS; STEM STRUCTURES; STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT; WOOD QUALITIES;

BENDING STRENGTH;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DESIGN METHOD; GROWTH; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEM; STRENGTH; TIMBER; VOLUME; WOOD QUALITY;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84954350526     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 22424075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.1393     Document Type: Article

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