Variation in leaf area index and stand leaf mass of European beech across gradients of soil acidity and precipitation

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-258

  Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Voß, Sylvia ^a   Foetzki, Andrea ^a   Clases, York ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C N ratio; LAI; Litter trapping; Rainfall; Soil fertility; Stand leaf mass; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LITTERFALL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; TRAPPING; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER EXCHANGE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33748651243     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9127-2     Document Type: Article

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