Patterns of inter-annual variation in the size asymmetry of growth in Pinus banksiana

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 737-745

  Metsaranta, Juha M ^a,b   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Crown shyness; Dendroecology; Stand dynamics; Weather variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; MONOCULTURE; MORTALITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND DYNAMICS; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; WEATHER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

CANADA;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 77953688116     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1559-7     Document Type: Article

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