Missing growth rings at the trunk base in suppressed balsam fir saplings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1776-1783

  Parent, Sylvain ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

RADIAL GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH; SAPLING; TREE RING;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 0036435020     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-102     Document Type: Article

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