Correlated population differences in dry matter accumulation, allocation, and water-use efficiency in three sympatric conifer species

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 242-249

  Zhang, Jianwei ^a,b   Marshall, John D ^a   Fins, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotope discrimination; Larix occidentalis; Pinus ponderosa; population differences; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029780780     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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