Phenological variation in height and diameter growth in provenances and families of loblolly pine

New Forests

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-25

  Jayawickrama, K J S ^a   Mckeand, S E ^a   Jett, J B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter growth; Growth cessation; Pinus taeda; Shoot growth; Shoot phenology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIAMETER GROWTH; GROWTH CESSATION; PINUS TAEDA; SHOOT GROWTH; SHOOT PHENOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; HEIGHT; PHENOLOGY; PROVENANCE; TREE;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

GYMNOSPERMAE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0032127959     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016527317326     Document Type: Article

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