Needle litterfall prediction models for even-aged natural shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Huebschmann, Michael M ^a   Lynch, Thomas B ^a   Wittwer, Robert F ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear regression; Litterfall; Misspecification tests; Pinus echinata; Shortleaf pine

Indexed keywords

FOREST; LITTERFALL; MODEL; NEEDLE;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTERFALL; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0033577797     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00466-6     Document Type: Article

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