Developing a stand hazard index for oak decline in upland oak forests of the Ozark Highlands,Missouri

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Fan, Zhaofei ^a   Fan, Xiuli ^b   Spetich, Martin A ^c   Shifley, Stephen R ^b   Moser, W Keith ^d   Jensen, Randy G ^e   Kabrick, John M ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^e MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard index; Missouri Ozark Highlands; Oak decline; Survival

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDS;

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; HAZARD INDICES; MISSOURI OZARK FOREST ECOSYSTEM PROJECTS; MISSOURIS; OAK DECLINE; PREDISPOSING FACTORS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; QUERCUS;

QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS COCCINEA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 79952745233     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/28.1.19     Document Type: Article

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