Linking multiple-level tree traits with biomass accumulation in native tree species used for reforestation in Panama

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-349

  Delagrange, Sylvain ^a,d   Potvin, Catherine ^b   Messier, Christian ^a   Coll, Lluis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d Institut Quebecois d'Amenagement de la Foret Feuillue IQAFF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Crown morphology; Functional groups; Nitrogen use efficiency; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CROWN MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

REFORESTATION;

BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REFORESTATION;

CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; HURA CREPITANS; LUEHEA SEEMANNII;

EID: 43149105352     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0189-0     Document Type: Article

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