Comparing estimates of forest site quality in old second-growth oak forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 311-328

  Sturtevant, Brian R ^a   Seagle, Steven W ^b  

^a North Central Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Appalachians; Quercus alba; Quercus prinus; Quercus rubra; Site index; Topography

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS; UPLAND OAKS;

ECOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDEX METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; QUERCUS;

APPALACHIANS; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 1542576174     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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