Variation in shade tolerance of Douglas fir, western hemlock, and western red cedar in coastal British Columbia

RE Carter, K Klinka - Forest Ecology and Management, 1992 - Elsevier
This exploratory study examined the variation in shade tolerance of Douglas fir, western
hemlock, and western red cedar in coastal British Columbia. To analyze the light …

Biophysical site indices for shade tolerant and intolerant boreal species

CH Ung, PY Bernier, F Raulier, RA Fournier… - Forest …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Two variants of a biophysical site index model were derived for two shade-tolerant boreal
species (Abies balsamea [L.] Mill., and Picea mariana [Mill.] BSP), and two shade-intolerant …

Use of synoptic variables in predicting white spruce site index

GG Wang, K Klinka - Forest Ecology and management, 1996 - Elsevier
Based on data from 102 white spruce-dominated stands in the sub-boreal spruce zone of
British Columbia, forest site quality was evaluated using both species-specific and …

Use of the biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification system in British Columbia

A MacKinnon, D Meidinger, K Klinka - The Forestry Chronicle, 1992 - pubs.cif-ifc.org
Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification (BEC) is a hierarchical system that organizes
ecosystems at three levels of integration—local, regional and chronological. The system is …

A geographically weighted regression analysis of Douglas-fir site index in north central Idaho

MJ Kimsey Jr, J Moore, P McDaniel - Forest Science, 2008 - academic.oup.com
An analysis of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco var. glauca) site index (SI)
was performed in north central Idaho using two forms of linear regression: standard multiple …

Understanding soil nutrients and characteristics in the Pacific Northwest through parent material origin and soil nutrient regimes

KM Littke, RB Harrison, DG Briggs… - Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
A convenient method is necessary for assessing the availability of soil nitrogen in plantation
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) stands in the Pacific Northwest. The …

Evaluation of spatial predictions of site index obtained by parametric and nonparametric methods—A case study of lodgepole pine productivity

Y Wang, F Raulier, CH Ung - Forest Ecology and Management, 2005 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the potential of using least-squares regression, generalized additive model,
tree-based model, and neural network model on layers of environmental data grids for …

Post‐disturbance conifer tree‐ring δ15N reflects openness of the nitrogen cycle across temperate coastal rainforests

JM Kranabetter, K McKeown, BJ Hawkins - Journal of Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐disturbance losses in nitrogen (N) may diminish forest productivity, and soils with
inherently 'open'N cycles are considered the most vulnerable to leaching losses of …

Ecologically based height growth model and derived raster maps of Norway spruce site index in the Western Carpathians

M Bošeľa, F Máliš, L Kulla, V Šebeň… - European journal of forest …, 2013 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to find the ecological factors that most affect height growth of
Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.) over the Western Carpathians. The specific aim was to …

Sweet chestnut silviculture in an ecological extreme of its range in the west of Spain (Extremadura)

A Rubio, A Escudero, JM Gandullo - Annales des Sciences …, 1997 - afs-journal.org
Forest management has been conducted in many, sometimes opposing, directions, without
any relevant environmental restriction. Thus, sweet chestnut stands have been …