Silver fir stand productivity is enhanced when mixed with Norway spruce: Evidence based on large-scale inventory data and a generic modelling approach

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 932-942

  Vallet, Patrick ^a   Pérot, Thomas ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Basal area growth model; Mixed species stand; Modelling; Over yielding; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATABASE; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MONTANE FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STAND DYNAMICS;

FRANCE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 80052295388     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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