Rank reversals in tree growth along tree size, competition and climatic gradients for four forest canopy dominant species in Central Spain

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 605-605

  Sánchez Gómez, David ^a,b   Zavala, Miguel A ^a,b   Schalkwijk, Daniël B Van ^c   Urbieta, Itziar R ^a,d   Valladares, Fernando ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Niche differentiation; Pinus pinaster; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus ilex; Quercus pyrenaica

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; STAND STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ILEX; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 51649128253     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008040     Document Type: Article

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