Evaluation of different approaches for modelling individual tree seedling height growth

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-715

  Wagner, Sven ^a   Madsen, Palle ^b   Ammer, Christian ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition index; Fagus sylvatica (L.); Regeneration ecology; Resource based model

Indexed keywords

BEECH TREES; COMBINED MODEL; COMPETITION INDEX; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; FAGUS SYLVATICA (L.); FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FINE ROOT DENSITY; FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; GROWTH DYNAMICS; GROWTH FUNCTIONS; HEIGHT GROWTH; IN-FIELD; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LIGHT RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REGENERATION ECOLOGY; RELATIVE HEIGHT GROWTH RATES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE-BASED MODEL; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TREE SEEDLINGS;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EXPERIMENTS;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MOISTURE CONTENT; REFORESTATION; SOIL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 70349690413     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0313-4     Document Type: Article

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