Site index prediction of Eucalyptus dunnii Maiden plantations with soil and site parameters in sub-tropical eastern Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-245

  Grant, John C ^a   Nichols, J Doland ^a   Smith, R Geoff B ^b,c   Brennan, Paul ^b,d   Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c Elders Forestry   (Australia)

^d Perth Business Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus dunnii; Models; New South Wales; Plantations; Productivity; Site indexes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGITAL STORAGE; MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; EUCALYPTUS DUNNII; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANTATIONS; PREDICTIVE CAPACITY; PREDICTIVE MODELING; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SITE INDEXES;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DUNNII;

EID: 79251521468     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2010.10676334     Document Type: Article

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