Growth and physiological responses to silviculture for producing solid-wood products from Eucalyptus plantations: An Australian perspective

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1819-1835

  Forrester, David I ^a,b   Medhurst, Jane L ^a,c   Wood, Matthew ^a,d   Beadle, Christopher L ^a,e,f   Valencia, Juan Carlos ^a,g  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f Australia   (Australia)

^g INFOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fertiliser; Leaf area index; Pruning; Thinning

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; FERTILISERS; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TREE CROWNS;

FERTILIZERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRUNING; SILVICULTURE; THINNING; WOOD QUALITY;

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; PRUNING; THINNING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 77949659059     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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