Model analysis of the importance of reiteration for branch longevity in Pseudotsuga menziesii compared with Abies grandis

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 892-909

  Kennedy, Maureen C ^a   Ford, E David ^a   Ishii, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architecture; Branch modeling; Longevity; Old growth; Reiteration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EPICORMIC PRODUTION; REITERATION; SHOOT CLUSTER UNITS (SCU);

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; LONGEVITY;

ABIES GRANDIS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SHOOTS; SIMULATION;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; LAMB; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 4644239120     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-075     Document Type: Article

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