Sap flow for beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a natural and a managed forest - Effect of spatial heterogeneity

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 23-35

  Dalsgaard, Lise ^a,c   Mikkelsen, Teis Nørgaard ^b   Bastrup Birk, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Forest and Landscape Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

canopy gap; canopy structure; tree size; tree water use

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 79952687019     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtq037     Document Type: Article

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