Physiological and growth responses to thinning in eight-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands
<p>The influence of thinning at age eight on the photosynthetic rate, needle conductance, xylem water potential, water use efficiency and growth of loblolly pine trees was studied during their ninth and tenth growing seasons. Litterfall dynamics were monitored throughout the study period as...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45972 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11212012-040305/ |