High resolution temporal variation in wood properties in irrigated and non-irrigated Eucalyptus globulus

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-406

  Drew, David M ^a,b   Downes, Geoffrey M ^b,c   O'Grady, Anthony P ^d   Read, Jennifer ^a   Worledge, Dale ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Co operative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendrometers; High resolution growth rates; Plant hydraulics; Xylem development

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; IRRIGATION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PLANTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 67650485557     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009017     Document Type: Article

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