Reducing stem bending increases the height growth of tall pines

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3175-3182

  Meng, Shawn X ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Reid, Douglas E B ^a,c   Rudnicki, Mark ^b   Silins, Uldis ^a   Jin, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bending moment; Mechanical constraints; Proportion of latewood; Tethering; Uniform stress; Wind load

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENT; MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS; PROPORTION OF LATEWOOD; RADIAL GROWTH; UNIFORM STRESS; WIND LOAD;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIOMECHANICS;

FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PINE; PLANT STEM;

BIOMASS; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

PINUS; STEMS; TREES;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33749039675     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl079     Document Type: Article

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