Thinning has a positive effect on growth dynamics and growth-climate relationships in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) trees of different crown classes

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 395-404

  Olivar, Jorge ^a,d   Bogino, Stella ^b   Rathgeber, Cyrille ^c   Bonnesoeur, Vivien ^c   Bravo, Felipe ^a,d  

^a Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c LERFoB   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrometer; Dominant; Forest management; Stand density; Suppressed

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH DETERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; VIGOR; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84898851745     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0348-y     Document Type: Article

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