Intraspecific competition and water use efficiency in Quercus suber: Evidence of an optimum tree density?

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 521-530

  Gouveia, António C ^a   Freitas, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Evergreen oak; Montado; Specific leaf area; Stand density

Indexed keywords

MICROFLUIDICS;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ANNUAL RAINFALL; DENSITY GRADIENTS; IN ORDER; INTRA SPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (MAP); QUERCUS; STRESS INDUCED STRUCTURES; TREE DENSITY; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

REUSABILITY;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 46649113355     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0212-0     Document Type: Article

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