A discrimlnant function approach to ecological site classification in northern New England

James M. Fincher; Marie-Louise Smith

doi:10.2737/NE-RP-686

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A discrimlnant function approach to ecological site classification in northern New England

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Authors:

James M. Fincher, Marie-Louise Smith

Year:

1994

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RP-686

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-686. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.

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Abstract

Describes one approach to ecologically based classification of upland forest community types of the White and Green Mountain physiographic regions. The classification approach is based on an intensive statistical analysis of the relationship between the communities and soil-site factors. Discriminant functions useful in distinguishing between types based on soil-site factors most strongly correlated with their distribution over the landscape are presented.

Keywords

land classification, site, soils, northern hardwoods

Citation

Fincher, James M.; Smith, Marie-Louise. 1994. A discrimlnant function approach to ecological site classification in northern New England. Res. Pap. NE-686. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.