The predominance of stand composition and structure over direct climatic and site effects in explaining aspen (Populus tremuloides Michaux) site index within boreal and temperate forests of western Québec, Canada

Published in Forest Ecology and Management 302: 390-403 Existing models that use the site-index concept (dominant canopy height of a tree species at a reference stand age) are fundamentally stand-level models that do not account for stand dynamics, limiting their use...