Patterns of growth dominance and neighborhood effects in eucalyptus plantations and tropical forests Bui, Doi The Eucalyptus -- Hawaii Eucalyptus -- Brazil Trees--Tropics viii, 87 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-85) Forest stands have a broad range of tree sizes, even when all trees develop as a single cohort. Differences in size might result from different rates of resource uptake or resource use efficiency. Dominant trees often account for the majority of increment, but non-dominant trees can contribute a major part of stand growth in some cases. Pattern of growth dominance may provide predictive insight into the growth of trees and forest. My dissertation contains three chapters to explore growth dominance patterns of Eucalyptus plantations in Hawaii and Brazil, and natural tropical forests in Panama. Colorado State University. Libraries 2008 Text; Still Image application/pdf 2008_fall_Bui.pdf ETDF2008100002FRWS eng English Copyright of original work is retained by the author.
Patterns of growth dominance and neighborhood effects in eucalyptus plantations and tropical forests
Bui, Doi The
Eucalyptus -- Hawaii
Eucalyptus -- Brazil
Trees--Tropics
viii, 87 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-85)
Forest stands have a broad range of tree sizes, even when all trees develop as a single cohort. Differences in size might result from different rates of resource uptake or resource use efficiency. Dominant trees often account for the majority of increment, but non-dominant trees can contribute a major part of stand growth in some cases. Pattern of growth dominance may provide predictive insight into the growth of trees and forest. My dissertation contains three chapters to explore growth dominance patterns of Eucalyptus plantations in Hawaii and Brazil, and natural tropical forests in Panama.
Colorado State University. Libraries
2008
Text; Still Image
application/pdf
2008_fall_Bui.pdf
ETDF2008100002FRWS
eng
English
Copyright of original work is retained by the author.