Effective height development of four co-occurring species in the gap-phase regeneration of Douglas fir monocultures under nature-oriented conversion

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 189-198

  Dekker, Marco ^a   van Breugel, Michiel ^a   Sterck, Frank J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coexistence; Competitive exclusion; Forest gaps; Saplings; Tree allometry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION; FOREST GAPS; TREE ALLOMETRY;

BIOCONVERSION;

BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MONOCULTURE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; REGENERATION;

BIOMASS; PINUS; SAPLINGS; STRATIFICATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33845933406     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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