Subsidy or stress? Tree structure and growth in wetland forests along a hydrological gradient in Southern Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2015-2025

  Rodríguez González, Patricia María ^a   Stella, John Christopher ^b   Campelo, Filipe ^c   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a   Albuquerque, António ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alnus glutinosa; Dendrochronology; Functional traits; Salix atrocinerea; Soil waterlogging; Vegetative strategy

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIOSIS; BASAL AREA; BASAL AREA INCREMENT; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CANOPY POSITION; FINE-TEXTURED SOILS; FOREST SPECIES; FORESTED WETLANDS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GLUTINOSA; HIGHER-DEGREE; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; RADIAL GROWTH; ROOTING ZONES; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL SATURATION; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATERLOGGING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TREE DENSITY; TREE GROWTH; TREE SPECIES; TREE STRUCTURES;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEXTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WATERLOGGING; WETLAND;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER; WETLANDS;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; SALIX; SALIX CINEREA OLEIFOLIA;

EID: 77950046076     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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