Site index prediction for Pinus radiata D.Don at local scale on the southern tablelands of New South Wales using a national forest productivity model

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Ford, Andrew J ^a   Brack, Cris ^a   James, Ryde N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Geographical variation; Indexes; Models; New South Wales; Pinus radiata; Plantations; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTIVITY MODEL; SHORT-TERM PRODUCTIVITY INDICES; SITE INDEX PREDICTION; SOUTHERN TABLELANDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; SITE INDEX;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 35348847087     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10675015     Document Type: Article

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