Growth and photosynthetic responses following defoliation and bud removal in eucalypts

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-16

  Barry, K M ^a,b   Pinkard, E A ^c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chlorophyll; Defoliation; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DAMAGE TYPE; DEFOLIATION; DIAMETER INCREMENT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; FOLIAR N; FOLIAR NITROGEN; GLOBULUS; LEAF AREA; LEAF DAMAGE; LIGHT INTERCEPTION; PEST ECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY MODEL; STEM BIOMASS; STEM DIAMETER; STEM HEIGHT;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANTATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 84872578821     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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