Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris–Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1032-1043

  del Río, Miren ^a,b   Pretzsch, Hans ^c   Ruíz Peinado, Ricardo ^a,b   Ampoorter, Evy ^d   Annighöfer, Peter ^e   Barbeito, Ignacio ^f   Bielak, Kamil ^g   Brazaitis, Gediminas ^h   Coll, Lluís ⁱ   Drössler, Lars ^j   Fabrika, Marek ^k   Forrester, David I ^l   Heym, Michael ^c   Hurt, Václav ^m   Kurylyak, Viktor ⁿ   Löf, Magnus ^j   Lombardi, Fabio ^o   Makrickiene, Ekaterina ^h   Matović, Bratislav ^p   Mohren, Frits ^q   Motta, Renzo ^r   den Ouden, Jan ^q   Pach, Maciej ^s   Ponette, Quentin ^t   Schütze, Gerhard ^c   Skrzyszewski, Jerzy ^s   Sramek, Vit ^u   Sterba, Hubert ^v   Stojanović, Dejan ^p   Svoboda, Miroslav ^w   Zlatanov, Tzvetan M ^x   Bravo Oviedo, Andrés ^a,b   more..

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f LERFoB   (France)

^g WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^h VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^j SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^m MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^o UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^q WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^t UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^u FORESTRY AND GAME MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^w CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^x FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

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Author keywords

asynchrony; mixed species forests; niche complementarity; organizational levels; overyielding; plant plant interactions; temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIXED FOREST; NICHE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 85011596213     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12727     Document Type: Article

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