Diameter and death of whorl and interwhorl branches in Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica Manetti): A model accounting for acrotony

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-138

  Courbet, François ^a   Hervé, Jean Christophe ^b   Klein, Etienne K ^c   Colin, Francis ^d  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^b IFN Château des Barres ^*  (France)

^c INRA   (France)

^d LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Acrotony; Branch death; Branch diameter; Cedrus atlantica; Nonlinear mixed model

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH RATE;

ATLAS CEDAR; CEDRUS; CEDRUS ATLANTICA; LARIX; PICEA;

EID: 84862001198     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0156-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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