Daily patterns of stem size variation in irrigated and unirrigated Eucalyptus globulus

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1573-1581

  Drew, David M ^a   O'Grady, Anthony P ^b   Downes, Geoffrey M ^c,d   Read, Jennifer ^a   Worledge, Dale ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Co operative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendrometer; Leaf water potential; Size class distributions

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STEM;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 54949088681     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.10.1573     Document Type: Article

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