Influence of canopy tree size on stand basal area may reflect uncoupling of crown expansion and trunk diameter growth

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-218

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a   Jara, Carolina ^a   Parada, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Additive basal area; Allometry; Competition; Crown ratio; Forest dynamics; Scaling; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE;

EID: 0041989799     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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