Predicting lodgepole pine site index from climatic parameters in Alberta

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 562-571

  Monserud, Robert A ^a   Huang, Shongming ^b   Yang, Yuqing ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta Climate Model; ANUSPLIN; Climate variable; Lodgepole pine; Site index; Site productivity map

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALBERTA CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE VARIABLE; SITE PRODUCTIVITY MAP;

FORESTRY;

ARCVIEW; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; MAPPING METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE INDEX;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33746863331     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82562-4     Document Type: Article

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