Change of allometry between coarse root and shoot of Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta DOUGL. ex. LOUD) along a stress gradient in the sub-boreal forest zone of British Columbia

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 532-544

  Pretzsch, Hans ^a   Uhl, Enno ^a   Biber, Peter ^a   Schütze, Gerhard ^a   Coates, K David ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbon storage; Morphological plasticity; root shoot allometry; root shoot ratio; site growth relationship; stress gradient hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; ROOT-SHOOT ALLOMETRY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SITE-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP; STRESS-GRADIENT HYPOTHESIS;

BIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; GROWTH; PLASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84865369600     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.672583     Document Type: Article

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