Forest production responses to irrigation and fertilization are not explained by shifts in allocation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 137-152

  Coyle, David R ^a,b   Coleman, Mark D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Intensive management; Planatus occidentalis; Populus deltoides; Root mass fraction; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLONING; IRRIGATION; SOILS;

COTTONWOOD CLONES; FOREST PRODUCTION; INTENSIVELY MANAGED FORESTS; SOIL RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLONES; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; SOIL;

PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 14744288389     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.022     Document Type: Article

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