Carbon isotope composition of various tissues of beech (Fagus sylvatica) regeneration is indicative of recent environmental conditions within the forest understorey

New Phytologist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 229-244

  Fotelli, Mariangela N ^a   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a   Holst, Thomas ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^a   Geßler, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C composition; Climate; European beech; Thinning; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; THINNING; TREE; UNDERSTORY;

GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0038010652     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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