Exploring the sustainability of current management prescriptions for Pinus caribaea plantations in Cuba: A modelling approach

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-154

  Blanco, J A ^a   Gonzalez E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PINAR DEL RÍO   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Caribbean pine; Chronosequence; Fertilisation; Forecast; Hybrid model; Model evaluation; Model testing; Sustainable forest management; Thinning

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCES; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DOMINANT HEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROWTH TRENDS; HYBRID MODEL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL PREDICTION; PINE PLANTATIONS; R VALUE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STEM BIOMASS; STEM DENSITY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; THINNING INTENSITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; ROTATION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MODEL TEST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; THINNING; TREE PLANTING;

CUBA; PINAR DEL RIO;

PINUS CARIBAEA;

EID: 77951812474     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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