Modelling the Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) site index from site factors in Portugal

Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 491-507

  Fontes, Luis ^a   Tomé, Margarida ^b   Thompson, Frank ^a   Yeomans, Alistair ^a   Luis, Jaime Sales ^c   Savill, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABIES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0347270393     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/76.5.491     Document Type: Article

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