Testing a hypothesis of the relationship between productivity and water use efficiency in Patagonian forests with native and exotic species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3281-3287

  Gyenge, Javier ^a,b   Fernández, María Elena ^a,b   Sarasola, Mauro ^b   Schlichter, Tomás ^b  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Douglas fir plantation; Nothofagus mixed forests; Water use efficiency; Wood productivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; WOOD;

DOUGLAS-FIR PLANTATION; NOTHOFAGUS MIXED FORESTS; WATER USE;

WATER RESOURCES;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION; RESOURCE USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD;

CARBON; FORESTRY; WATER RESOURCES; WOOD;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

LOMATIA HIRSUTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 43049129552     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.078     Document Type: Article

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