Extending sapwood - Leaf area relationships from stems to roots in Coast Douglas-fir

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Gould, Peter J ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Heartwood; Leaf area; Roots; Sapwood

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF AREA; ROOT SYSTEM; STEM;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 57349198896     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008067     Document Type: Article

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