Short-term growth responses and associated wood density fluctuations in variously irrigated Eucalyptus globulus

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Drew, David M ^a   Downes, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Evans, Robert ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue gum; Drought effects; Pulse type growth responses; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BLUE GUM; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DENSITY VARIATIONS; ENERGY LIMITATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FOREST STAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIGH DENSITY; LOW DENSITY WOOD; PULSE-TYPE GROWTH RESPONSES; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; SHORT-TERM GROWTH; SOIL WATER DEFICIT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOOD DENSITY;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

HARDWOODS;

DENSITY; DROUGHT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; GUMS; HARDWOODS; IRRIGATION; SOIL; WOOD DENSITY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 79952694086     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0494-x     Document Type: Article

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