The analyses of physiological and morphological attributes of 10 tree species for early determination of their suitability to afforest degraded landscapes in the Aral Sea Basin of Uzbekistan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 249-259

  Lamers, John P A ^a   Khamzina, Asia ^a   Worbes, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Political and Cultural Change   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aral Sea Basin; Crop growth rate; Net assimilation rate; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area; Tree species; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOOD;

ARAL SEA BASIN; CROP GROWTH RATE; NET ASSIMILATION RATE; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; TREE SPECIES; UZBEKISTAN;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX;

AGRICULTURE; ANATOMY; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; PHYSIOLOGY; WOOD;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 29744435106     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.022     Document Type: Article

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