The silent shareholder in deterioration of oak growth: Common planting practices affect the long-term response of oaks to periodic drought

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-141

  Zadworny, Marcin ^a   Jagodziński, Andrzej M ^a,b   Łakomy, Piotr ^b   Ufnalski, Krzysztof ^a   Oleksyn, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Drought related weakening; Forestry practices; Quercus robur; Root system; Taproot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893631976     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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