Stand variation in Pinus radiata and its relationship with allometric scaling and critical buckling height

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-680

  Waghorn, Matthew J ^a   Watt, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; critical buckling height; Euler buckling; modulus of elasticity; Nelder; Pinus radiata; safety factor; stem slenderness

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MATURATION; STAND DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS; TREE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT STEM;

ECOSYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; PINUS; PLANT STEMS;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84875598675     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct015     Document Type: Article

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