The impact of shade on morphology, growth and biomass allocation in Picea sitchensis, Larix x eurolepis and Thuja plicata

New Forests

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-153

  Kennedy, Seamus ^a   Black, Kevin ^a   O'Reilly, Conor ^a   Ní Dhubháin, Áine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Height increment; Root collar diameter increment; Shade tolerance; Shadehouses; Specific shoot area

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY;

ROOT COLLAR DIAMETER INCREMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHADEHOUSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; HYBRID; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ANATOMY; BIOMASS; GROWTH; PLANTS;

LARIX; LARIX X MARSCHLINSII; PICEA SITCHENSIS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 33847236993     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-006-9019-2     Document Type: Article

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