Population dynamics in a 6-year-old coppice culture of poplar: II. Size variability and one-sided competition of shoots and stools

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 115-128

  Laureysens, I ^a   Deraedt, W ^a,b   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Intraspecific competition; Populus spp.; Self thinning rule; Short rotation coppice (SRC); Skewness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLONING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GINI-COEFFICIENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULUS SPP.; SELF-THINNING RULES; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE (SRC); SKEWNESS;

FORESTRY;

COPPICE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELF THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLONES; COPPICE; CORROSION INHIBITORS; FORESTRY; POPULUS; SHOOTS;

MELAMPSORA; POPULUS;

EID: 26444448375     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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