Density effects on the growth of self-thinning Eucalyptus urophylla stands

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1021-1031

  Xue, Li ^a   Pan, Lan ^a   Zhang, Rou ^a   Xu, Peng bo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometric relationship; C D effect; Eucalyptus urophylla; Self thinning; Tree organ

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; C-D EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA; SELF-THINNING; TREE ORGAN;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA; GROWTH; THINNING;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 81155134921     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0576-4     Document Type: Article

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