Effects of root trenching of overstorey Norway spruce (Picea abies) on growth and biomass of underplanted beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) saplings

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 813-828

  Petriţan, Ion Catalin ^a,b   von Lüpke, Burghard ^a   Petriţan, Any Mary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^c Institute of Forest Research and Management   (Romania)

Author keywords

Below ground competition; Cutting types; Forest conversion; Juvenile growth; Light availability; Root trenching; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXED FOREST; ROOT; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 80051612808     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0473-1     Document Type: Article

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