Spatial pattern of trees influences species productivity in a mature oak-pine mixed forest

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 132, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 841-850

  Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange ^a   Perot, Thomas ^b   de Coligny, François ^c   Goreaud, François ^d  

^a Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Intimate mixture; Patchy mixture; Pinus sylvestris; Point process model; Quercus petraea; Spatially explicit growth model

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED FOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84887626382     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-013-0716-z     Document Type: Article

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