Growth and morphology of three forest understorey species (Calluna vulgaris, Molinia caerulea and Pteridium aquilinum) according to light availability

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-498

  Gaudio, Noémie ^a   Balandier, Philippe ^a,b   Dumas, Yann ^a   Ginisty, Christian ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

Author keywords

Growth; Light; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

BELL-SHAPED CURVES; CALLUNA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; FOREST MANAGERS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; LEAF AREA; LEAF MASS; LEAF TRAITS; LENGTH RATIO; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LIGHT LEVEL; LIGHT TREATMENTS; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; THINNINGS; TREE SEEDLINGS; UNDERSTOREY; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HEIGHT; VULGARIS; WIDTH RATIO;

FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY;

ANATOMY; ECOLOGY; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; LIGHT; PLANTS;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; MOLINIA CAERULEA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 78651249543     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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