Crown structure and vertical foliage distribution in 4-year-old plantation-grown Eucalyptus pilularis and Eucalyptus cloeziana

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-566

  Alcorn, Philip J ^a,b,d   Forrester, David I ^c,d   Smith, R Geoff B ^e,f   Thomas, Dane S ^e,g   James, Ryde N ^b   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^a   Bauhus, Jürgen ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Forests NSW ^*  (Australia)

^e State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^f SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Leaf area distribution; Leaf area index; Pruning

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; LEAF AREA DISTRIBUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRUNING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; PRUNING;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS;

EID: 84877834639     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0809-1     Document Type: Article

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