Partitioning of carbon allocation to reserves or growth determines future performance of aspen seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 275, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-51

  Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Pinno, Bradley D ^b   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Chow, Pak S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon reserve allocation; Outplanting success; Paclobutrazol; Populus tremuloides; Seedling morphology; Seedling quality

Indexed keywords

BUD SET; CARBON ALLOCATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST RESTORATION; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH STRATEGY; HEIGHT GROWTH; LIGHT INTENSITY; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; OUTPLANTING; PACLOBUTRAZOL; PLANTING STOCKS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROOT:SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING QUALITY; SHOOT GROWTH; TREMBLING ASPEN;

CARBOHYDRATES; CONSERVATION; LAND RECLAMATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFORESTATION;

CARBON;

AFFORESTATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH RATE; LAND RECLAMATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84860599957     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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