Resource communication. Modeling dominant height growth including site attributes in the GADA approach for Quercus faginea Lam. in Spain

Aim of the study To develop a site index model for Quercus faginea Lam. stands. Area of study Spain Material and methods Data from 81 growth series collected in plots where Q. faginea was the main species were used for modelling. Different generalized algebraic difference equations (GADA) were fitte...

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Autores: López-Senespleda, Eduardo, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Alonso, Rafael, Montero, Gregorio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/293813
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/293813
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Site index
Lusitanian oak
Environmental variables
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Sumario:Aim of the study To develop a site index model for Quercus faginea Lam. stands. Area of study Spain Material and methods Data from 81 growth series collected in plots where Q. faginea was the main species were used for modelling. Different generalized algebraic difference equations (GADA) were fitted from traditionally used models. Richards model was selected and used to expand the parameters with environmental variables. Research highlights Winter rainfall (WR), annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) and pH were introduced increasing the prediction ability of the GADA. It is strongly recommended to apply the model with ages lower than 80 years because the lack of data above that age makes bias increase and efficiency decrease. © 2014 Ministerio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentacion. All rights reserved.