Mapping site indices for five Pacific Northwest conifers using a physiologically based model

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-276

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a,c   Gaulton, Rachel ^a   Waring, Richard H ^b  

^a Department of Forest Resource Management ^*  (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 PG model; British Columbia; Forest Productivity; Oregon; Physiological modelling; Picea glauca; Pinus contorta; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Thuja plicata; Tsuga heterophylla; Washington

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 79952075549     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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