Life span and biomass allocation of stunted black spruce clones in the subarctic environment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 584-593

  Laberge, Marie Josée ^a   Payette, Serge ^a   Bousquet, Jean ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Clonal growth; Clone; Krummholz; Layering; Longevity; Senescence; Subarctic; Tree line

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONE; LIFESPAN; PLANT AGE; PLANT GROWTH; RADIOCARBON DATING; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; LONGEVITY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREE;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0033837360     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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