Crown development of coastal Pseudotsuga menziesii, including a conceptual model for tall conifers

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-311

  Pelt, Robert Van ^a   Sillett, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown development; Douglas fir; Epicormic branching; Limb formation; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Structural complexity; Trunk reiteration

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EQUATION; INVENTORY; LEAF AREA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHOOT GROWTH; STAND STRUCTURE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 56049128233     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0158.1     Document Type: Article

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