Predicting site index from climate and soil variables for cork oak (Quercus suber L.) stands in Portugal

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 293-307

  Paulo, Joana Amaral ^a   Palma, João H N ^a   Gomes, Alberto Azevedo ^b   Faias, Sónia Pacheco ^a   Tomé, José ^a   Tomé, Margarida ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cork oak; Partial least squares; Potential distribution; Quercus suber L; Site index; Site quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LITHOLOGY; MAPS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TEXTURES;

CORK OAK; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; QUERCUS SUBER L; SITE INDEX; SITE QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84925541300     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-014-9462-4     Document Type: Article

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