1983 Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages 281-292
A new distribution function of plant sizes in a stand was adopted to examine the stand structure of Cryptomeria japonica plantations. This distribution function was similar to PEARSON's type VII distribution. Limited by the 3/2nd power law of self-thinning, all the coefficients of this distribution density function were expressed as empirical equations of the population density of trees. As a result, a normalized distribution density function of individual tree weight in a stand corresponded to the 3/2nd power law of self-thinning.
