A comparison of root distribution of three hardwood species grown on a hillside in the Caspian forest, Iran

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Abdi, Ehsan ^a   Majnounian, Baris ^a   Rahimi, Hassan ^a   Zobeiri, Mahmud ^a   Mashayekhi, Zahra ^b   Yosefzadeh, Hamed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Ghods Niroo Engineering Co   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian forests; Downslope; Root area ratio (RAR); Root distribution; Upslope

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; DOWNSLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GRID METHODS; HARDWOOD SPECIES; K ELEMENTS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POWER LAW; ROOT AREA; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOT SYSTEM; UPPER LAYER;

CULTIVATION; HARDWOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY; STRESSES;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HILLSLOPE; ROOT SYSTEM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOTING; STRESSES;

EID: 77952293337     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-009-0164-2     Document Type: Article

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