Estimating trembling aspen productivity in the boreal transition ecoregion of saskatchewan using site and soil variables

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 661-669

  Pinno, Bradley D ^a   Bélanger, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parent material; Site quality index; Soil texture; Tree productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOREAL FOREST; CLAY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOREGION; FOREST FLOOR; PARENT MATERIAL; PH; SITE INDEX; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEXTURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 79960775633     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss10082     Document Type: Article

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