Leaf area and tree increment dynamics of even-aged and multiaged lodgepole pine stands in Montana

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 687-695

  Kollenberg, Cassandra L ^a   O'Hara, Kevin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION;

EVEN-AGED STANDS; GROWING SPACE EFFICIENCY (GSE); LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); MULTIAGED STANDS; PINUS CONTORTA; TREE INCREMENT DYNAMICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0032812776     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-039     Document Type: Article

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