Prediction of planted seedling survival of five Mediterranean species based on initial seedling morphology

New Forests

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-339

  Tsakaldimi, Marianthi ^a   Ganatsas, Petros ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field performance; Morphology; Outplanting; Prediction models; Seedling quality

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FORESTRY; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

FIELD PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; OUTPLANTING; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PREDICTION MODEL; SEEDLING MORPHOLOGIES; SEEDLING QUALITY; SEEDLING SURVIVAL;

MORPHOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; NURSE PLANT; PREDICTION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CERATONIA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84876432646     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-012-9339-3     Document Type: Article

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