Productivity of black spruce and Jack pine stands in Quebec as related to climate, site biological features and soil properties

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 239-251

  Hamel, Benoît ^a,b   Bélanger, Nicolas ^b   Paré, David ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degree days; Lichen; Parent material; Soil fertility; SQI prediction model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

MOLAR RATIOS; SITE QUALITY INDICES (SQI);

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; LICHEN; PARENT MATERIAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 1542576199     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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