Estimating forest structure and shade tolerance of the species in a mixed deciduous broad-leaved forest in Abruzzo, Italy

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Gratani, Loretta ^a   Foti, Irene ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; LAI; Plant biomass; RGR; RGR(LA); Shade tolerance; SLA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031854911     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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