Functional growth analysis of red pine trees under variable intensities of competition

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 728-735

  Larocque, Guy R ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute growth rate; Functional approach; Growth functions; Red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.); Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSOLUTE GROWTH RATE; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; GROWTH FUNCTIONS; PERENNIAL PLANTS; RED PINE; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0032172701     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc74728-5     Document Type: Article

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