Morphological plasticity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in pure and mixed-species stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-108

  Dieler, Jochen ^a   Pretzsch, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Competition reduction; Crown structure; Mixing effects; Optimal partitioning theory; Stress gradient hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CROWN STRUCTURE; MIXING EFFECTS; OPTIMAL PARTITIONING; STRESS GRADIENT;

BIOLOGY; MIXING;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; MIXING;

EID: 84874393480     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.049     Document Type: Article

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