Temporal and spatial patterns of net photosynthesis in 12-year-old loblolly pine five growing seasons after thinning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-83

  Gravatt, Dennis A ^a   Chambers, Jim L ^b   Barnett, James P ^c  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle conductance; Pinus taeda; Sampling; Thinning

Indexed keywords

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0030666324     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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