Stand structure and foliage distribution in Quercus pubescens and Quercus cerris forests in Tuscany (central Italy)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1810-1819

  Čermák, Jan ^a   Tognetti, Roberto ^b   Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^a   Raschi, Antonio ^c  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Deciduous oaks; Individual trees; Leaf area density; Leaf area index; Mediterranean region; Projected crown area; Social tree area

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; DATA REDUCTION; HARVESTING; RISK ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS OAKS; INDIVIDUAL TREES; LEAF AREA DENSITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; PROJECTED CROWN AREA; SOCIAL TREE AREA;

FORESTRY;

BIOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOLIAGE; HARVESTING; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BIOMETRICS; DATA PROCESSING; HARVESTING; PLANTS; QUERCUS CERRIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 39749182773     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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