Tree rings show competition dynamics in abandoned Castanea sativa coppices after land-use changes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-112

  Fonti, Patrick ^a,b   Cherubini, Paolo ^a,c   Rigling, Andreas ^a   Weber, Pascale ^a   Biging, Gregory ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendro ecology; Growth; Interspecific competition; Mortality; Southern Swiss Alps; Stand dynamics; Sweet chestnut

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAND USE CHANGE; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE RING;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA SATIVA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 33644553807     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0103:TRSCDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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