Shade-tolerant tree species from temperate forests differ in their competitive abilities: A case study from Roztocze, south-eastern Poland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-35

  Szwagrzyk, Jerzy ^a   Szewczyk, Janusz ^a   Maciejewski, Zbigniew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b Roztocza ski National Park   (Poland)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Carpinus betulus; Competition index; Fagus sylvatica; Growth rates; Natural forests

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA; CARPINUS BETULUS; COMPETITION INDEX; FAGUS SYLVATICA; NATURAL FORESTS;

ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILVER;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

LUBELSKIE; POLAND; ROZTOCZE NATIONAL PARK;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CARPINUS; CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84864401645     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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