A lifetime perspective of biomass allocation in Quercus pubescens trees in a dry, alpine valley

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1661-1668

  Slot, Martijn ^a,c   Janse ten Klooster, Stijntje H ^a,b   Sterck, Frank J ^b   Sass Klaassen, Ute ^b   Zweifel, Roman ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass distribution; Dry woodland; Root shoot ratio; Stem analysis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; DRY WOODLAND; ROOT/SHOOT RATIO; STEM ANALYSIS; WATER RELATIONS;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASTICITY; TISSUE;

FORESTRY;

QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 84866448018     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0717-4     Document Type: Article

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