Oak mortality risk factors and mortality estimation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 16-26

  Shifley, Stephen R ^a   Fan, Zhaofei ^a   Kabrick, John M ^a   Jensen, Randy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; Mortality model; Oak decline; Ozark

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CART; MORTALITY MODEL; OAK DECLINE; OZARK;

HARDWOODS;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY; QUERCUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 33646934162     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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