Light transmissivity of tube shelters affects root growth and biomass allocation of Quercus ilex L. and Pinus halepensis Mill

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-99

  De Castro, Alberto Vázquez ^a   Oliet, Juan A ^a   Puértolas, Jaime ^b   Jacobs, Douglass F ^c  

^a Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Forest restoration; Holm oak; Light ambient response; Mediterranean climate; Transplanting performance; Treeshelters

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; SEEDLING; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 84891054502     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0335-3     Document Type: Article

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