Long-term growth changes of common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) are less pronounced on highly productive sites

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-259

  Aertsen, Wim ^a   Janssen, Ellen ^a   Kint, Vincent ^a,b   Bontemps, Jean Daniel ^c,d   Van Orshoven, Jos ^a   Muys, Bart ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Agency for Nature and Forests   (Belgium)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d LERFoB   (France)

^e European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office (EFIMED)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common beech; Dendrochronology; Growth trend; Mixed effects models; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

COMMON BEECH; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH TRENDS; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; RADIAL GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TREE;

FAGUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84888127826     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.034     Document Type: Article

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