Anchorage of coniferous trees in relation to species, soil type, and rooting depth

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1871-1883

  Nicoll, Bruce C ^a   Gardiner, Barry A ^a   Rayner, Bill ^a   Peace, Andrew J ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; MINERALS; SOILS;

ANCHORAGE; CRITICAL TURNING MOMENT; FOREST WIND-RISK MODELS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DATABASE; DEPTH; MINERAL; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL TYPE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MINERALS; ROOTING; SOIL; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS NIGRA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33748896781     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-072     Document Type: Article

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