Effects of climate and management history on the distribution and growth of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a southern British woodland in comparison to native competitors

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-74

  Morecroft, Michael D ^a   Stokes, Victoria J ^b   Taylor, Michele E ^c   Morison, James I L ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYTHAM WOODS;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 41449091317     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm045     Document Type: Article

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