Light, temperature and soil moisture regimes following gap formation in a semi-natural beech-dominated forest in Denmark

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 15-33

  Ritter, Eva ^a,c   Dalsgaard, Lise ^a   Einhorn, Katrina S ^b  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Hvanneyri Agricultural University   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica L.; Forest gaps; Microclimate; Photosynthetically active irradiance; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER;

NATURAL FORESTS; NATURAL GAP DYNAMICS; SUB-CANOPY TREES;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; GAP DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; SOIL; WATER;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 11844285652     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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