Photosynthetic capacity increases in Acacia melanoxylon following form pruning in a two-species plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 250-259

  Medhurst, J L ^a   Pinkard, E A ^a   Beadle, C L ^a,b   Worledge, D ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia melanoxylon; Foliar nitrogen; Foliar phosphorus; Photosynthetic capacity; Pruning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

FOLIAR NITROGEN; FOLIAR PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY;

FORESTRY;

DEFOLIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRUNING; SHRUB; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ACACIA MELANOXYLON; BIODIVERSITY; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRUNING;

ACACIA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; PHYLLODES; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33748692402     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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