Effects of topography and thickness of organic layer on productivity of black spruce boreal forests of the canadian clay belt region

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 330, Issue , 2014, Pages 144-157

  Laamrani, Ahmed ^a   Valeria, Osvaldo ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Fenton, Nicole ^a   Cheng, Li Zhen ^a   Anyomi, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay belt; Digital terrain model; Paludification; Regression tree based model; Site index

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BLACK SPRUCE BOREAL FORESTS; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; HARVESTING ACTIVITIES; PALUDIFICATION; SITE INDEX; TREE-BASED MODEL;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLAY SOIL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TREE;

CLAY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84905368738     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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