Spatial models of site index based on climate and soil properties for two boreal tree species in Ontario, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 497-507

  McKenney, Daniel W ^a   Pedlar, John H ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Jack pine; Ontario; Productivity; Site index; Spatial predictions; Tree based regression

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR CORRECTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION (FEC);

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

CANADA;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0037416078     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00186-X     Document Type: Article

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