Physiological performance of three pine species provides evidence for gap partitioning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2127-2135

  Powers, Matthew D ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^b   Palik, Brian J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Ecophysiology; Resource availability; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

ASSIMILATION RATES; CANOPY GAPS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOLIAR NITROGENS; GAP EDGES; LIFE HISTORIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITIES; MOISTURE STRESSES; NORTHERN LATITUDES; PATCH CUTTINGS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITIES; PINE FORESTS; PINE SPECIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCES; STOMATAL CONTROLS; WATER AVAILABILITIES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

CANOPY GAP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOLERANCE;

ALLOY; FORESTRY; GALLIUM; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; WATER POLLUTION;

PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 55549138007     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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