The influence of weed competition for light and water on growth and dry matter partitioning of young Pinus radiata, at a dryland site

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 363-376

  Watt, Michael S ^a   Whitehead, David ^b   Mason, Euan G ^c   Richardson, Brian ^a   Kimberley, Mark O ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Cytisus scoparius; Light; Pinus radiata; Predawn needle water potential

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEED CONTROL;

SHOOT RATIO;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT; SILVICULTURE; WATER; WEED;

CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0042193718     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00139-7     Document Type: Article

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