Six-year time course of light-use efficiency, carbon gain and growth of beech saplings (Fagus sylvatica) planted under a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) shelterwood

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1073-1082

  Balandier, Philippe ^a   Sinoquet, Herve ^b   Frak, Ela ^a,b   Giuliani, Rita ^b,c   Vandame, Marc ^b   Descamps, Sylvestre ^b   Coll, Lluis ^a,d   Adam, Boris ^b   Prevosto, Bernard ^a,e   Curt, Thomas ^a,e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

Forest regeneration; Leaf nitrogen content; Photosynthetic parameters; Silhouette to total leaf area ratio (STAR)

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SAPLING; STAND STRUCTURE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34548324767     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.8.1073     Document Type: Article

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