Natural regeneration of Fagus sylvatica L. adapts with maturation to warmer and drier microclimatic conditions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 275, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-67

  Bilela, Silvija ^a   Dounavi, Aikaterini ^b   Fussi, Barbara ^c   Konnert, Monika ^c   Holst, Jutta ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^a   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a,d   Simon, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Baden Württemberg Forest Research Institute   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting (ASP)   (Germany)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beech; Climate change; Fagus sylvatica; Isozymes; Nuclear microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEECH; FAGUS SYLVATICA; ISOZYMES; MICROSATELLITES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; DNA SEQUENCES; ISOENZYMES;

REFORESTATION;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVENESS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; MATURATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGENERATION; VULNERABILITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84860556484     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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