Effect of tree size and competition on tension wood production over time in beech plantations and assessing relative gravitropic response with a biomechanical model

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1427-1435

  Dassot, Mathieu ^a,b   Fournier, Meriem ^b   Ningre, François ^a   Constant, Thiéry ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Fagaceae; Fagus sylvatica; Gravitropic performance; Radial growth; Stand plantation density; Tension wood

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ALLOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SCALE EFFECT; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TIME; TREE; WOOD;

BIOMECHANICS; FAGUS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITROPISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WOOD;

FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84866055879     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200086     Document Type: Article

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