Photosynthetic response to green crown pruning in young plantation-grown Eucalyptus pilularis and E. cloeziana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3827-3838

  Alcorn, Philip J ^a,b   Bauhus, Jürgen ^b,c   Thomas, Dane S ^d   James, Ryde N ^b   Smith, R Geoff B ^d   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus cloeziana; Eucalyptus pilularis; Photosynthesis; Pruning; Up regulation

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY (NUE); UP-REGULATION; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

FORESTRY;

COMPENSATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSPECIFIC; EVERGREEN TREE; MODELING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANTATION; PRUNING; RESPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; TRANSPIRATION;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS;

EID: 43849086278     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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