Morphological and physiological responses of beech and oak seedlings to canopy conditions: Why does beech dominate the understory of unmanaged oak fuelwood stands?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1623-1630

  Takahashi, Koichi ^a   Goto, Aya ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CONDITIONS; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; FAGUS CRENATA; FOREST EDGE; FUELWOOD; HEIGHT GROWTH; LEAF MASS PER AREA; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OAK SEEDLINGS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SPECIES; RESPROUTING; SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION; TOTAL NONSTRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBOHYDRATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST EDGE; FUELWOOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPROUTING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

CHLOROPHYLLS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUEL WOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; QUERCUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CRISPULA; QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 84864580600     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-097     Document Type: Article

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