Short note: Root restriction hindered early allometric differentiation between seedlings of two provenances of Canary Island Pine

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 57, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Climent, J ^b   Alonso, J ^a   Gil, L ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria s n   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Container; Mini rhizotrons; Ontogeny; Root architecture

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIALS; MINIRHIZOTRONS; ONTOGENY; OPTIMAL PARTITIONING; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ALLOMETRICS; CANARY ISLAND PINE; MASS-FRACTION;

CONTAINERS;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 56749091138     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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