| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series |
Environmental science, engineering and technology series |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The legacy of forest management: analyzing its influence on tree growth with ecosystem models / Juan A. Blanco -- Phytoremediation of emerging contaminants: uptake, metabolism and toxicity / Xingmao Ma -- Does plant architecture only result from growing meristems? Atlan's principle of life and death as regulated morphogenetic processes / Pierre-Eric Lauri -- Olive tree growth in Tunisia: types, limitations and influences / Ch. Ben Ahmed, B. Ben Rouina and M. Boukhris -- Carbohydrate metabolism and source-sink relationships in peach / Riccardo Lo Bianco -- A research gap in the interactive effects of climate and competition on trees growth / D. Castagneri and R. Motta -- The limitations of and potential solutions to modeling nut tree growth / Junming Wang and Ted W. Sammis -- Limits to tree growth and the "age-related decline" in aboveground forest productivity / Titus Fondo Ambebe and Qing-Lai Dang -- Conceptual and methodoligical considerations in utilizing tree-rings to derive past history of heavy metal pollution / Sophan Chhin -- Reduced-impact logging and post-harvest management in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina: alternative approaches to enhance regeneration and growth of canopy trees / Paula I. Campanello [and others]. |
| Summary |
"Growth is the biological phenomenon of increase in size with time. The sudden increase in tree diameter often observed after rain is not due to growth but reflects the effects of bark swell. The relationships of tree size to age and increment to age are also important to the forester particularly in predicting future growth. In any one growing season, different parts of a tree start growing at different times. Different species may also react differently. Generally, height growth precedes any diameter growth or needle flush. The progression of terminal bud extension (main stem and branches) is basipetally, i.e. extension growth starts at the top of the tree and progressively moves downwards towards the base. The amount of height growth in any one season depends on hereditary factors, immediate past environmental conditions and present environmental conditions. Diameter growth also proceeds basipetally and is much more related to current foliage and present environmental conditions. This new book presents the most up-to-date research in the field."--Publisher's description. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Trees -- Growth.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Trees -- Growth.
(OCoLC)fst01156043
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Bäume -- Wachstum.
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| Added Author |
Karam, Wesley P.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tree growth. New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009 9781607417842 (DLC) 2009018836 (OCoLC)320197113 |
| ISBN |
9781613240311 (electronic bk.) |
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1613240317 (electronic bk.) |
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