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- Title
Missing growth rings at the trunk base in suppressed balsam fir saplings .
- Authors
Parent, Sylvain; Morin, Hubert; Messier, Christian
- Abstract
Presents a study to verify the causal relationship between low leaf biomass in suppressed trees and the lack of radial growth at the base of the trunk with suppressed balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) saplings found growing in an old-growth fir stand. Methods; Findings; Conclusions; Suggestion that stem analysis on the entire trunk is the best aging method for suppressed balsam fir saplings.
- Subjects
BALSAM fir; TREE growth; PLANT growth; FOREST biomass; OLD growth forest ecology
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2002, Vol 32, Issue 10, p1776
- ISSN
0045-5067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/x02-102