Relationship between root growth potential and field performance in Aleppo pine

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-548

  Del Campo, Antonio D ^a   Navarro Cerrillo, Rafael M ^b   Hermoso, Javier ^c   Ibáñez, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Outplanting; Prediction model; Seedling quality; Site quality

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT; SEEDLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 34948832743     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007031     Document Type: Article

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