Site index prediction from site and climate variables for Norway spruce and Scots pine in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 619-636

  Sharma, Ram P ^a   Brunner, Andreas ^a   Eid, Tron ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; site index prediction model; site index trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BEST MODEL; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DEVELOPED MODEL; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; LARGE PARTS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTIVE POWER; SCOTS PINE; SITE INDEX; SOIL DEPTH; STAND GROWTH; TIME TRENDS; TOTAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORWAY; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE INDEX;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84866768595     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.685749     Document Type: Article

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