Effect of pruning on branch production and water relations in widely spaced ponderosa pines

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-235

  Gyenge, J E ^a,b   Fernandez M E ^a,b   Schlichter, T M ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Branch growth; Patagonia; Ponderosa pine; Silvicultural treatments; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; PRUNING; SILVICULTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350374363     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9183-9     Document Type: Article

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