Establishment of a black cottonwood plantation on an exposed site in Iceland: Plant growth and site energy balance

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Aradóttir, Ása L ^a   Thorgeirsson, Halldór ^b   McCaughey, J Harry ^c   Strachan, Ian B ^c   Robertson, Alexander ^d  

^a Iceland Forest Research Station   (Iceland)

^b Agricultural Research Institute Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biometeorology; Bowen ration; Net radiation; Phenology; Populus trichocarpa; Tree establishment

Indexed keywords

BLACK COTTONWOOD; GROWTH; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; PLANTATION; SITE ENERGY BALANCE; TREE CANOPY; WIND;

ICELAND, GUNNARSHOLT;

POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0030618324     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02370-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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