Age-related development of crown structure in coastal Douglas-fir trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-270

  Ishii, Hiroaki ^a,c   McDowell, Nate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch growth; Branch self pruning; Crown development; Epicormic branches; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Tree aging

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

CROWN STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0036780775     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00751-4     Document Type: Article

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