Response to canopy opening does not act as a filter to Fagus sylvatica and Acer sp. advance regeneration in a mixed temperate forest

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-105

  Caquet, Blandine ^a,b,c   Montpied, Pierre ^a,c   Dreyer, Erwin ^a,c   Epron, Daniel ^a,c   Collet, Catherine ^a,b  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Acer campestre; Acer platanoides; Acer pseudoplatanus; Canopy gap; Competition; Light acclimation; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CANOPY GAP; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPPICE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LIGHT EFFECT; MIXED FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

ACER; ACER CAMPESTRE; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 73549115393     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009086     Document Type: Review

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