Growth response of Scots pine with different crown transparency status to drought release

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 685-693

  Eilmann, Britta ^a,b   Dobbertin, Matthias ^a   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjustment strategy; Crown transparency; Intra annual tree growth; Irrigation; Pinus sylvestris; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; DRY FOREST; FOLIAGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; SUMMER; TRANSPARENCY; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84885097094     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0310-z     Document Type: Article

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