Interspecific variation in the response of growth, crown morphology, and survivorship to light of six tree species in the conifer belt of the Bhutan Himalayas

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1093-1107

  Gratzer, Georg ^a   Darabant, Andras ^a   Chhetri, Purna B ^b   Rai, Prem Bahadur ^b   Eckmüllner, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Renewable Nat Rsrc Res Centre   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; RESEARCH;

CONIFER FORESTS; CROWN MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH INCREASE; MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT EFFECT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA UTILIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX GRIFFITHIANA; PICEA; PICEA SPINULOSA; PINUS WALLICHIANA; TSUGA; TSUGA DUMOSA;

EID: 3042849137     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-281     Document Type: Article

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