Needle mass, fine root and stem wood production in response to silvicultural treatment, tree size and competitive status in radiata pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 287-296

  Rodríguez, Rolando ^a   Espinosa, Miguel ^b   Hofmann, Glenn ^b   Marchant, Margarita ^b  

^a CONAF ^*  (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allocation; Growth efficiency; Pinus radiata; Pipe model; Priority principle

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA REDUCTION; FERTILIZERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOOD;

SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FINE ROOT; GROWTH; SILVICULTURE; SIZE EFFECT;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0344928077     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00300-1     Document Type: Article

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