Relating nutritional and physiological characteristics to growth of Pinus radiata clones planted on a range of sites in New Zealand

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1174-1191

  Hawkins, Barbara J ^a   Xue, Jianming ^b   Bown, Horacio E ^c   Clinton, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

foliar nutrients; G E interaction; phosphorus; potassium; radiata pine; retrospective studies; site resource use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; REMOBILIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCLIMATE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GENOTYPE; NEW ZEALAND; PINUS;

NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 77956016986     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq069     Document Type: Article

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