Responses of Visual Forms to Neighboring Competition: A Structural Equation Model for <i>Cotinus coggygria</i> var. <i>cinerea</i> Engl.

Background: The visual forms of individual trees in peri-urban forests are driven by a complex array of simultaneous cause-and-effect relationships. Materials and Methods: Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), as a specialized analytical technique, was used to model and understand the complex interact...

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Main Authors: Yujuan Cao, Jiyou Zhu, Chengyang Xu, Richard J. Hauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/8/1073