Morphological plasticity of regeneration subject to different levels of canopy cover in mixed-species, multiaged forests of the Romanian Carpathians

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-209

  Stancioiu, Petru Tudor ^a,b   O'Hara, Kevin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Forest Administration   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Fagus sylvatica; Morphological plasticity; Multiaged stands; Picea asbies; Selection systems

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASTICITY;

ABIES ALBA; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MORPHOLOGICAL PLASTICITY; MULTIAGED STANDS; PICEA ASBIES; SELECTION SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; FORESTS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; PLASTICITY;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 32344438310     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-005-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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