Soil quality relationships with tree growth in exotic forests in New Zealand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2326-2334

  Ross, Craig W ^a   Watt, Michael S ^b   Parfitt, Roger L ^a   Simcock, Robyn ^c   Dando, John ^a   Coker, Graham ^b   Clinton, Peter W ^b   Davis, Murray R ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forest soils classification; Soil quality indicators; Sustainable forest production

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CAPACITY; AIR CAPACITY; ALLOPHANIC SOIL; ANDISOLS; CARBON CONTENT; ECTOMYCORRHIZAL; EDAPHIC CONDITIONS; EXOTIC SPECIES; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FOREST SITES; FOREST SOILS CLASSIFICATION; INCEPTISOLS; KEY COMPONENT; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NEW ZEALAND; P RETENTION; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PLANTATION FORESTS; PLANTATION PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RADIATA; SITE QUALITY; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL COMPACTNESS; SOIL INDICATOR; SOIL ORDERS; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; SOIL QUALITY PARAMETERS; SPODOSOLS; STAND DENSITIES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST; SUSTAINABLE FOREST PRODUCTION; TREE GROWTH; ULTISOLS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOILS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; SOIL QUALITY; SUBSOIL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY; SOIL; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 70349776191     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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