Nitrogen can limit overstory tree growth following extreme stand density increase in a ponderosa pine forest

Agriculture & Biology

• Pinus ponderosa 99%
• stand density 97%
• overstory 97%
• coniferous forests 82%
• tree growth 82%
• growth rings 74%
• nitrogen 45%
• water stress 21%
• forest dynamics 18%
• carbon isotopes 15%
• assimilation (physiology) 11%
• water 10%
• climate 10%
• drought 10%
• carbon 8%
• soil 6%
• leaves 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• overstory 100%
• pine 66%
• nitrogen 46%
• tree ring 46%
• water stress 19%
• mortality risk 11%
• forest dynamics 10%
• soil nitrogen 9%
• limiting factor 8%
• carbon isotope 8%
• assimilation 7%
• drought 6%
• mortality 6%
• decision 5%
• transition 5%
• water 5%