Clonal variation in crown structure, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and growth of loblolly pine and slash pine

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-430

  Emhart, Veronica I ^a,b   Martin, Timothy A ^a   White, Timothy L ^a   Huber, Dudley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instituto Forestal   (Chile)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Intercepted radiation; Pinus elliottii var. elliottii; Pinus taeda; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS ELLIOTTII VAR. ELLIOTTII; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 34047138346     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.3.421     Document Type: Article

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