Vegetation competition effects on aboveground biomass and macronutrients, leaf area, and crown structure in 5-year old Douglas-fir

New Forests

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-311

  Petersen, Kyle S ^a   Ares, Adrian ^b   Terry, Thomas A ^c   Harrison, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Pseudotsuga; Tree form; Vegetation control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS PARTITIONING; TREE FORMS; VEGETATION CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; PLANTATION;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; PSEUDOTSUGA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 43449091326     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-007-9078-z     Document Type: Article

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