Root architecture and wind-firmness of mature Pinus pinaster

New Phytologist

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 387-400

  Danjon, Frédéric ^a   Fourcaud, Thierry ^b,c   Bert, Didier ^a  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Forest tree; Hard pan; Pinus pinaster; Structural plasticity; Three dimensional (3 D) coarse root architecture; Tree stability; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE; STORM DAMAGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION;

PINUS PINASTER;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; WIND;

BIOMECHANICS; CLIMATE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WIND;

EID: 31444448237     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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