Replacing Norway spruce with European beech: A comparison of biomass and net primary production patterns in young stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-192

  Konôpka, Bohdan ^a,b   Pajtík, Jozef ^a,b   Noguchi, Kyotaro ^c   Lukac, Martin ^d  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belowground productivity; Biomass allocation; Increment; NPP; Species change; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; INCREMENT; NPP; SPECIES CHANGE; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

BIOMASS;

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FINE ROOT; FOLIAGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGENERATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84876807271     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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