Determining the shade tolerance of American chestnut using morphological and physiological leaf parameters

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Joesting, Heather M ^a   McCarthy, Brian C ^a   Brown, Kim J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castanea dentata; Intercanopy plasticity; Photosynthesis; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; RESTORATION; SITE SELECTION;

CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; INTERCANOPY PLASTICITY; LEAF MASS PER AREAS; LIGHT COMPENSATION POINTS; MATURE TREES; NITROGEN CONTENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RESPIRATION RATES; SHADE INTOLERANT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHADE TOLERANCES; TOLERANT SPECIES;

VEGETATION;

DARK; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HYBRID; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; SITE SELECTION;

CASTANEA; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; FUNGI; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; PLASTICITY; RESTORATION; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

CASTANEA DENTATA; CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI;

EID: 56449110742     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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