Growth-unit structure in trees: Effects of branch category and position on Nothofagus nervosa, N. obliqua and their hybrids (Nothofagaceae)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-665

  Puntieri, Javier G ^a,b   Ghirardi, Soledad ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Growth unit; Main branch; Ontogenetic gradient; Short branch; Stem density

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH UNITS; IN-PLANTS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LEAF AREA; LEAF POSITION; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SPECIES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; STEM DENSITY; STEM LENGTH; UNIT STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DENSITY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NOTHOFAGUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STEMS;

NOTHOFAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS NERVOSA; NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 77954532948     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0435-8     Document Type: Article

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