Dividing the pie: A quantitative review on plant density responses

JA Postma, VL Hecht, K Hikosaka… - Plant, cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant population density is an important variable in agronomy and forestry and offers an
experimental way to better understand plant–plant competition. We made a meta‐analysis of …

The impact of planting density on forest monospecific plantations: An overview

MM Gabira, MM Girona, A DesRochers, D Kratz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the morphological and physiological responses of trees to planting
density is important for adjusting plantation establishment practices to attain the desired size …

Production dynamics of intensively managed loblolly pine stands in the southern United States: a synthesis of seven long-term experiments

EJ Jokela, PM Dougherty, TA Martin - Forest ecology and management, 2004 - Elsevier
Results from seven long-term experiments in the southern US were summarized to
understand production dynamics of intensively managed loblolly pine plantations …

Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in US forests

L He, JM Chen, Y Pan, R Birdsey… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Net primary productivity (NPP) is a key flux in the terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance, as it
summarizes the autotrophic input into the system. Forest NPP varies predictably with stand …

Effect of thinning, pruning and nitrogen fertiliser application on transpiration, photosynthesis and water-use efficiency in a young Eucalyptus nitens plantation

DI Forrester, JJ Collopy, CL Beadle, CR Warren… - Forest Ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Interactions between thinning, pruning and fertiliser application in forestry are rarely
examined, even though these treatments are often applied simultaneously in practice …

Effect of thinning, pruning and nitrogen fertiliser application on light interception and light-use efficiency in a young Eucalyptus nitens plantation

DI Forrester, JJ Collopy, CL Beadle… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Thinning, pruning and fertiliser application are used by forest managers to increase growth
rates of retained trees and to improve log quality. Understanding whether growth responses …

The role of stand density on growth efficiency, leaf area index, and resin flow in southwestern ponderosa pine forests

NG McDowell, HD Adams, JD Bailey… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
We examined the response of growth efficiency (GE), leaf area index (LAI), and resin flow
(RF) to stand density manipulations in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) …

Effect of complete competition control and annual fertilization on stem growth and canopy relations for a chronosequence of loblolly pine plantations in the lower …

BE Borders, RE Will, D Markewitz, A Clark… - Forest Ecology and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Stem growth, developmental patterns and canopy relations were measured in a
chronosequence of intensively managed loblolly pine stands. The study was located on two …

Ecosystem services of woody crop production systems

RS Zalesny, JA Stanturf, ES Gardiner, JH Perdue… - BioEnergy …, 2016 - Springer
Short-rotation woody crops are an integral component of regional and national energy
portfolios, as well as providing essential ecosystem services such as biomass supplies …

Belowground competition in a broad-leaved temperate mixed forest: pattern analysis and experiments in a four-species stand

B Rewald, C Leuschner - European Journal of Forest Research, 2009 - Springer
We investigated fine root biomass and distribution patterns in a species-rich temperate
Carpinus–Quercus–Fagus–Tilia forest and searched for experimental evidence of symmetry …