Growth responses to thinning, pruning and fertiliser application in Eucalyptus plantations: A review of their production ecology and interactions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 336-347

  Forrester, David I ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth dominance; Light absorption; Production ecology equation; Resource use efficiency; Stand structure; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PARTITIONING; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; RELATIVE REDUCTION; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; STAND STRUCTURES; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; TRANSPIRATION;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRUNING; RESOURCE USE; SILVICULTURE; SITE SELECTION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ECOLOGY; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 84884254350     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.047     Document Type: Review

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