Size-mediated ageing reduces vigour in trees

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1183-1190

  Mencuccini, M ^a   Martinez Vilalta J ^a   Vanderklein, D ^b   Hamid, H A ^a   Korakaki, E ^a   Lee, S ^c   Michiels, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age related decline in productivity; Ageing; Ash; Hydraulic limitation; Poplar; Scots pine; Senescence; Sycamore

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AGING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; SIZE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 27444432644     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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