Relationship between environmental factors and site index in Douglas-fir plantations in central Italy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 195-207

  Corona, Piermaria ^a   Scotti, Roberto ^a   Tarchiani, Neri ^a  

^a Via San Bonaventura 13   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest plantations; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Site quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

DOUGLAS FIR PLANTATIONS; POTENTIAL TIMBER YIELD; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

AFFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SITE INVESTIGATION; SITE SELECTION;

ITALY;

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0032487461     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00281-3     Document Type: Article

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