Assessment of site index and forest growth capacity across the Pacific and Inland Northwest U.S.A. with a MODIS satellite-derived vegetation index

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 285-291

  Waring, Richard H ^a   Milner, Kelsey S ^b   Jolly, William M ^c   Phillips, Linda ^d   McWethy, David ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 PG model; Map; Productivity; Remote sensing; Site index

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGIONAL PLANNING; VEGETATION;

3-PG MODEL; SITE INDEX;

FORESTRY;

FOREST; GROWTH RATE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; USA;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33646564986     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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