Assessing the effects of management on forest growth across France: Insights from a new functional-structural model

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 779-793

  Guillemot, Joannès ^a   Delpierre, Nicolas ^a   Vallet, Patrick ^b   François, Christophe ^a   Martin StPaul, Nicolas K ^a   Soudani, Kamel ^a   Nicolas, Manuel ^c   Badeau, Vincent ^d   Dufrêne, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c Boulevard de Constance   (France)

^d LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

C allocation; CASTANEA process based model; Competition asymmetry; Eichhorn rule; Fagus sylvatica; Forest management; Quercus petraea; Quercus robur; Size growth relationship; Stand structure; tree size distribution; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; WATER STRESS;

FRANCE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

CARBON;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BEECH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; FORESTS; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUERCUS; TREES;

EID: 84964312592     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu059     Document Type: Article

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