Sapwood hydraulic recovery following thinning in lodgepole pine

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-338

  Reid, Douglas Edward Boyd ^a,b   Sillins, Uldis ^a   Lieffers, Victor James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydraulic capacity; Lodgepole pine; Sapflow; Thinning; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAP FLOW; THINNING; TREE;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33744919787     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006013     Document Type: Article

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