A GIS-derived integrated moisture index to predict forest composition and productivity of Ohio forests (U.S.A.)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 331-348

  Iverson, Louis R ^a   Dale, Martin E ^a   Scott, Charles T ^a   Prasad, Anantha ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEM; Forest composition; GIS; Integrated moisture index; Landscape ecology; Oak hickory forests; Ohio; Resolution; Scale; Site index; Spatial distribution; Topography

Indexed keywords

CARYA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0000071031     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007989813501     Document Type: Article

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