Growth and climatic response of male and female trees of Austrocedrus chilensis, a dioecious conifer from the temperate forests of southern South America

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Rovere, Adriana E ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus chilensis; Cupressaceae; Dendrochronology; Dioecy; Sex differential growth

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIOECY; GROWTH; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA; NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK; PATAGONIA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE;

EID: 0041621487     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682767     Document Type: Article

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