Aboveground dry matter partitioning responses of black spruce to directional-specific indices of local competition

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1832-1845

  Newton, P F ^a   Jolliffe, P A ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; SIZE DETERMINATION;

DRY MATTER PARTITIONING RESPONSES; SEQUENTIAL COMPETITION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DRY MATTER; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0348108187     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-103     Document Type: Article

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