Multiple resource limitation and ontogeny combined: A growth rate comparison of three co-occurring conifers

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-110

  Lilles, Erica B ^a   Astrup, Rasmus ^a,b  

^a Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON BALANCE; COMBINED EFFECT; CONIFER SPECIES; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT GROWTH; LATIFOLIA; LODGEPOLE PINE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MULTIPLE RESOURCES; ONTOGENETIC CHANGES; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT GROWTH; RANK ORDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL RESOURCES; SUB-ALPINE FIR; TREE SIZE;

FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOIL FERTILITY;

ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PINUS CONTORTA; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 83755188080     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X11-163     Document Type: Article

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