Stem eccentricity, crown dry mass distribution, and longitudinal growth strain of plantation-grown eucalyptus nitens after thinning

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2209-2218

  Medhurst, Jane ^a,b   Ottenschlaeger, Maria ^a,c   Wood, Matthew ^a,d   Harwood, Chris ^a,c   Beadle, Chris ^a,b,c   Valencia, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a CRC Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWN ASYMMETRY; DIRECT LINKS; DRY MASS; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONGITUDINAL GROWTH; NON-CIRCULARITY; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; STATIC LOADS; STEM DIAMETER; STEM SHAPE; TREE STEMS;

DYNAMIC LOADS;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

DICOTYLEDON; ECCENTRICITY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOADING TEST; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; STEM; THINNING;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 80555123791     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-135     Document Type: Article

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