Effects of planting density on canopy dynamics and stem growth for intensively managed loblolly pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 29-41

  Will, Rodney E ^a   Narahari, Nikhil V ^b   Shiver, Barry D ^a   Teskey, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar nitrogen; IPAR; LAI; Loblolly pine; Pinus taeda; Stem growth

Indexed keywords

INTERCEPTED PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (IPAR); LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); PLANTING DENSITY; STAND GROWTH; STEM GROWTH;

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; TREE PLANTING;

CORRELATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANTS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 11444269591     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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