Preface
CHAPTER ONE: Modelling of dominant height growth and building of polymorphic site index equations of chinese fir plantations
1 Introduction
2 Material and methods
3 Results and analysis
4 Conclusions
CHAPTER TWO: A review of stand basal area growth models
1 Introduction
2 Features of stand basal area growth models
3 Types of models
4 Early work on stand basal area models
5 Recent progress and future directions
6 Conclusions
CHAPTER THREE: Individual tree basal area growth dynamics of chinese fir plantations
1 Introduction
2 Materials and methods
3 Results and discussion
4 Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR: Application of theoretical growth equations for stand diameter structure simulation of chinese fir plantations
1 Introduction
2 Materials and methods
3 Results and analysis
4 Conclusions
CHAPTER FIVE: A new high-performance diameter distribution function for unthinned chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Plantations in southern China
1 Introduction
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
3 RESIILTS AND DISCUSSION
4 Conclusions
CHAPTER SIX: Application of fuzzy functions in stand diameter distributions of chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations
1 Introduction
2 Data and Methods
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
CHAPTER SEVEN: Testing the self-thinning rule in chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations
1 Introduction
2 Materials and methods
3 Results
4 Discussion
CHAPTER EIGHT: Estimation of the self-thinning boundary line within even-aged chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.) stands: Onset of self-thinning
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
3 Results
4 Discussion
5 Conclusions
CHAPTER NINE: A comparison of methods for estimating the self-thinning
boundary line: selecting data points and fitting coefficients Introduction
2 Material and Methods
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusions