Understory cover and biomass indices predictions for forest ecosystems of the Northwestern United States

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 602-609

  Suchar, Vasile A ^a   Crookston, Nicholas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacific Northwest; Understory cover and biomass; Understory climate relationship; Understory overstory relationship

Indexed keywords

CANOPY COVER; CLIMATE VARIABLES; COMMUNITY IS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTED AREA; NATIONAL FORESTS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; P-VALUES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PREDICTIVE POWER; ROBUST MODELS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL MODELS; UNDERSTORY COVER; UNDERSTORY COVER AND BIOMASS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; OCEAN HABITATS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELEVATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; PHYTOMASS; SHRUB; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349110042     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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