Regulation of ponderosa pine foliar physiology and insect resistance mechanisms by basal area treatments

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 375-381

  Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Holmberg, Kristina M ^a   Wagner, Michael R ^a   Stone, Joseph E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Foliar toughness; Herbivory; Phloem thickness; Photosynthesis; Pinus ponderosa; Resin; Thinning; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; NEEDLE PHYSIOLOGY; PEST RESISTANCE; PONDEROSA PINE;

ARIZONIA; USA;

PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS PONDEROSA SCOPULORUM;

EID: 0031859599     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.6.375     Document Type: Article

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