Spatio-temporal growth dynamics of a subAlpine Pinus uncinata stand in the French Alps

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-315

  Rathgeber, Cyrille ^a   Roche, Philip ^a  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Denprochronoly; Disturbance; Forest ecology; Frence Alps; Pinus uncinata; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGGREGATION; CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CANOPY THINNING; CLIMATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FALLING; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT DISEASE; TIME; TREE GROWTH;

ALPS; FRANCE;

PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 0038446670     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0691(03)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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