Modeling mid-rotation fertilizer responses using the age-shift approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Carlson, Colleen A ^a   Fox, Thomas R ^a   Lee Allen, H ^b   Albaugh, Timothy J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Loblolly; Pine; Pinus taeda; Time gain; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; NITROGEN; ROTATION;

GROWTH AND YIELD; MID-ROTATION; PREDICTION MODELING; SITE INDEX;

FERTILIZERS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PREDICTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 45849095207     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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