Understanding the role of resource use efficiency in determining the growth of trees and forests

Forests in Development: A Vital Balance

Volumn 9789400725768, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-26

  Binkley, Dan ^a  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Forest productivity; Light use; Production ecology equation; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884224988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2576-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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