Thinking about efficiency of resource use in forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 5-16

  Binkley, Dan ^a   Stape, Jose Luiz ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus plantations; Forest light interception; Leaf area index; Resource use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; SILVICULTURES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FOREST; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH; RESOURCE USE; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WOOD;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 2342448723     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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