Growth characteristics of Sakhalin spruce (Picea glehnii) planted on the northern Japanese hillsides exposed to strong winds

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-157

  Kayama, Masazumi ^a,b   Makoto, Kobayashi ^a   Nomura, Mutsumi ^a   Sasa, Kaichiro ^a   Koike, Takayoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Needle longevity; Nutrient physiology; Photosynthetic capacity; Spruce; Water status

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SNOW; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

NEEDLE LONGEVITY; NUTRIENT PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; SPRUCE; WATER STATUS;

NEEDLES;

PICEA; PICEA GLEHNII;

EID: 58549114490     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0263-2     Document Type: Article

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