Almost symmetrical vertical growth rates above and below ground in one of the world's most productive forests

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Christina, M ^a,b   Laclau, J P ^b,c   Goncalves J L M ^c   Jourdan, C ^b   Nouvellon, Y ^b,c   Bouillet, J P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Environment exploration; Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden; Extension; Growth; Plantation; Root front; Synchrony; Tree; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960720574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00158.1     Document Type: Article

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