Testing site index-site-factor relationships for predicting Pinus contorta and Picea engelmannii x P. glauca productivity in central British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 141-150

  Kayahara, Gordon J ^a   Klinka, Karel ^a   Marshall, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem classification; Interior spruce; Lodgepole pine; Productivity; Soil site studies

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; INTERIOR SPRUCE; LODGEPOLE PINE; PINUS CONTORTA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE PREDICTION ERROR; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA;

PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0032487547     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00279-5     Document Type: Article

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