Removing adult overstory trees stimulates growth and transpiration of conspecific juvenile trees

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-421

  Moore, Georgianne W ^a   Owens, M Keith ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Ecohydrology; Edwards plateau; Juniperus ashei; Leaf carbon assimilation; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LEAF; OVERSTORY; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI;

EID: 33746900003     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2006)59[416:RAOTSG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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