Combining tree-ring analyses on stems and coarse roots to study the growth dynamics of forest trees: A case study on Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] H. Karst)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 859-872

  Nikolova, Petia Simeonova ^a   Zang, Christian ^a,b   Pretzsch, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optimal biomass partitioning theory; Picea abies; Root shoot allometry; Tree ring analyses

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; ANNUAL GROWTH RATE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CLIMATE CONDITION; GROWTH DYNAMICS; GROWTH REACTIONS; INCREMENT CORE; INDIVIDUAL TREE; MEAN SENSITIVITY; NORWAY SPRUCE; NORWAY SPRUCE TREES; ON-SITE CONDITIONS; PICEA ABIES; ROOT-SHOOT ALLOMETRY; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOUTHERN GERMANY; SPECIFIC SITES; TREE-RING ANALYSES; TREE-RING ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; GERMANY; OPTIMIZATION; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 80052776572     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0561-y     Document Type: Article

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