Temporal variation of competition and facilitation in mixed species forests in Central Europe

Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 166-176

  del Rio M ^a,b   Schutze G ^c   Pretzsch, H ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech; Oak; Resilience; Spruce; Stress gradient hypothesis; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIXED FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; GERMANY; TREES;

EID: 84891035797     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12029     Document Type: Article

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