Modeling and mapping oak advance reproduction density using soil and site variables

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1107-1117

  Kabrick, John M ^a   Villwock, Jason L ^b   Dey, Daniel C ^a   Keyser, Tara L ^a   Larsen, David R ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Oak advance reproduction; Oak regeneration; Quercus spp; Site factors

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; MODELS; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITIES; FOREST REGENERATION; OAK ADVANCE REPRODUCTION; OAK REGENERATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; QUERCUS SPP; SITE FACTORS; SOIL AVAILABLE WATERS;

FACSIMILE;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84906876290     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: 19383738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-006     Document Type: Article

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