Testing Binkley's hypothesis about the interaction of individual tree water use efficiency and growth efficiency with dominance patterns in open and close canopy stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1859-1865

  Fernández, María Elena ^a   Gyenge, Javier ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dominance; Growth efficiency; Pinus ponderosa; Resource availability; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HELIUM; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

DOMINANCE; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; PINUS PONDEROSA; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ECOLOGY;

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOMASS; BOD; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; NATURAL RESOURCES; PINUS PONDEROSA; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 62049086306     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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