Interactions of elevation, aspect, and slope in models of forest species composition and productivity

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-492

  Stage, Albert R ^a   Salas, Christian ^b,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS; DOUGLAS-FIRS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST SPECIES COMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; STATISTICS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34547951840     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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