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Determination of specific leaf area of some commercially useful sub-tropical hardwood species
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Determination of specific leaf area of some commercially useful sub-tropical hardwood species

Mark A Hunt, K E Murray, M Battaglia and N J Mathers
Australian Forestry, Vol.70(3), pp.158-166
2007
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Abstract

Forestry Sciences leaf area variation species differences provenance environment subtropics models Eucalyptus Queensland
Variability of specific leaf area (SLA) across taxa, sites and crown zones was determined for four sub-tropical hardwood species, Eucalyptus grandis, E. cloeziana, E. argophloia and Corymbia citriodora ssp. variegata, growing in south-eastern Queensland. Mean SLA values were stable amongst those taxa sampled on dry sites but varied markedly between provenances of E. grandis on a moist site. Mean SLA did not vary significantly with crown zone in any of these four sub-tropical eucalypts, which is in contrast to that observed in temperate species, both in Australia and overseas. A provenance of E. cloeziana from a moist coastal site exhibited the largest SLA of all taxa studied.

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