To live fast or not: Growth, vigor and longevity of old-growth ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Kaufmann, Merrill R ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual volume growth increment; Dendrochronology; Growth efficiency; Pinus contorta; Pinus ponderosa; Stem analysis; Tree vigor; Tree ring measurement

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0000166368     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.1-2.139     Document Type: Article

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