A soil-based aspen productivity index for Minnesota

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1465-1473

  Grigal, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Productivity; Site quality; Soil interpretations

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

BASAL AREAS; DATA SETS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EXPLANATORY POWER; FOREST MEASUREMENTS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITIES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITIES; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRODUCTIVITY INDICES; RESPONSE CURVES; ROUNDWOOD; SITE INDICES; SITE PROPERTIES; SITE QUALITY; SOIL INTERPRETATIONS; SOIL MAPPINGS; SOIL PROPERTIES; WATER AVAILABILITIES;

SOILS;

DATABASE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SITE INDEX; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; WATER AVAILABILITY; YIELD;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; SITE INDEX; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 59749104394     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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