Managing understory light to maintain a mixture of species with different shade tolerance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 327, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-200

  Ligot, Gauthier ^a   Balandier, Philippe ^d   Courbaud, Benoît ^c   Jonard, Mathieu ^b   Kneeshaw, Daniel ^e   Claessens, Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Cemagref   (France)

^d Cemagref   (France)

^e Centre d Étude de la Forêt   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous cover forestry; Cutting simulation; European beech; Light; Oak

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MIXTURES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

CLOSE-TO-NATURE MANAGEMENT; CONTINUOUS COVER FORESTRIES; CUTTING SIMULATION; EUROPEAN BEECH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; TREE REGENERATION; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS; CONTINUOUS-COVER FORESTRY; OAK; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY LIGHT;

REFORESTATION; LIGHT;

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY; CALIBRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST COVER; REGENERATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84901501827     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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