Intra- and inter-specific differences in crown architecture in Chinese subtropical mixed-species forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 353, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-172

  Guisasola, Rubén ^a   Tang, Xiaolu ^b   Bauhus, Jürgen ^a   Forrester, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Inter specific variability; Intra specific variability; Leaf area density

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHITECTURAL VARIABILITY; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; INTER-SPECIFIC VARIABILITY; INTRA-SPECIFIC VARIABILITY; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORESTRY;

ABSORPTION; ALLOMETRY; BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIAMETER; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WEIBULL THEORY;

CHINA;

CASTANOPSIS EYREI; CASTANOPSIS SCLEROPHYLLA; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA; QUERCUS GLAUCA;

EID: 84938200463     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.029     Document Type: Article

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