Quantifying Forest Soil Physical Variables Potentially Important for Site Growth Analyses

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-11

  Kush, John S ^a   Pitt, Douglas G ^b   Craul, Phillip J ^c,d   Boyer, William D ^e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Longleaf pine; Soil sampling; Soil variability

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISEASES; DISPERSIONS; HYDROMETERS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

FOREST SOILS; LONGLEAF PINE; SOIL SAMPLING; SOIL VARIABILITY;

FORESTRY;

DENSITY; DISEASES; DISPERSIONS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PINUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 1342265644     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/28.1.5     Document Type: Article

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