Competition effects on fine root survival of Fagus sylvatica and Fraxinus excelsior

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-22

  Beyer, Friderike ^a,c   Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Jung, Klaus ^b   Fender, Ann Catrin ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Agronomy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belowground competition; European ash; European beech; Fine root longevity; Rhizobox; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND COMPETITION; EUROPEAN ASH; EUROPEAN BEECH; FINE ROOTS; RHIZOBOX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; MIXTURES; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SURVIVORSHIP;

ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MIXTURES; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; SURVIVAL;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 84876797275     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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