Radial wood allocation in Schizolobium parahyba

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1010-1019

  Williamson, G Bruce ^a   Wiemann, Michael C ^b   Geaghan, James P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Pioneers; Radial variation; Schizolobium parahyba; Size dependence; Specific gravity; Succession; Wood allocation; Wood density

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LAND RECLAMATION; LEGUME; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD; XYLEM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; FABACEAE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; FABACEAE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD; XYLEM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE; SCHIZOLOBIUM; SCHIZOLOBIUM PARAHYBA;

EID: 84862127951     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100516     Document Type: Article

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