Are beech (Fagus sylvatica) roots territorial?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1212-1217

  Lang, Christa ^a   Dolynska, Alexandra ^a   Finkeldey, Reiner ^a   Polle, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech; Competition; Genotype; Polymorphic nuclear microsatellite; Shannon index

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BEECH; BEECH TREES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; GENOTYPE; GEOMETRIC CENTRE; GERMANY; MICRO SATELLITE; MICROSATELLITE MARKERS; OLD-GROWTH; SHANNON DIVERSITY; SHANNON INDEX; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; STEM DIAMETER;

FORESTRY; SPACE RESEARCH;

COMPETITION;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CONSPECIFIC; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; GENETIC MARKER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; ROOT SYSTEM; SPECIES EVENNESS; STEM; TERRITORIALITY;

BIOMASS; COEFFICIENTS; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FAGUS; FORESTRY; GENOTYPES; GERMANY; RESEARCH; SPACE (COSMIC);

GERMANY; HAINICH NATIONAL PARK; THURINGIA;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 77955773543     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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