Evidence for age- And size-mediated controls of tree growth from grafting studies

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-473

  Mencuccini, Maurizio ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b   Hamid, H A ^a   Korakaki, E ^a   Vanderklein, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related processes; Aging; Grafting; Hydraulic limitation hypothesis; Relative growth rate; Size related processes

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34047127322     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.3.463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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