... 10.1051/forest:2006104
Original article
Growth versus storage: responses of Mediterranean oak seedlings
to changes in nutrient and water availabilities
Virginia S P
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, Pilar C
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, Fernando ... was to assess the combined
response of growth, carbohydrate and nitrogen reserves of
seedlings of three Mediterranean oaks (Quercus c...
... the industrial and economic expansion of
a country. is has been a decisive element in turn-
ing forestry into a modern sector of the economy,
functioning according to the principle of sustain-
able ... (6): 290–298
and managing responsibly. Openness and flexibility
in reacting to changing societal needs and values,
understanding of the ecological, social and econo...
... [10].
To find out if hazel influences soil quality in sloping oak
stands we determined several soil physical, chemical and
microbial properties and the abundance of Lumbricidae in
mixed oak- hazel ... July and November of 2002 to reach a total number
of 40 replicates per location and year. Soil samples were sieved at a
mesh size of 2 mm. Soil pH was determined accor...
... main crown
layer in the stand. e height/frequency diagram depicts two groups of wild cherry trees in the stand belonging to
dominant/codominant and suppressed tree classes. Height periodic increment ...
capacity to keep its position in a stand.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
A large stand with wild cherry trees as a stand-
forming species in the area of Demonstration Forests
in...
...
in the shade and in control seedlings growing in the
gap.
Photoinhibition in beech seedlings grown in
the shade and transferred to full light caused a re-
duction in the photosynthetic electron ... beech seedlings growing in the
open area, higher values in the gap and the highest
values in seedlings growing under shelterwood, ex-
plained these diff erences...
...
'CZ-144') originating from open pol-
lination and P-789 (P. deltoides) maintained in the
Czech poplar germplasm collection were included
in the group of candidate clones with estimated ... was
compared in the study to explore clonal variation
within hybrids and parental species and to relate
diff erences in productivity according to diff erences
in morphol...
... between rows and at the base of 10 trees. Since
frequent rainfall events occurs from May to October (about 670 mm,
Fig. 1), SWC monitoring was reduced to one date (in the middle of
the growing season) ... (LH and H treat-
ment for the 1- and 2YS) to 0.74 and 0.76 (V and C for the
1- and 2YS respectively) and was significantly lower in the
herbicide-treated plants com...
... firewood and construction timber. In order to secure a sustainable source of
firewood, the structure of the remaining forests was often altered. Especially coppice of European oak became increasingly ... processing
Tree-ring widths of the contemporary, archaeological and histori-
cal wood specimens were measured to the nearest 0.01 mm using a
LINTAB measuring stage and t...
... for their
assistance in constructing the wooden frames of the nets and
measuring the seedlings. I also thank K. Thoroe for measuring the dry
masses of the harvested seedlings and two anonymous reviewers ... Coaction of blue/ultraviolet-A light and
light absorbed by phytochrome in controlling growth of pine (Pinus
sylvestris L.) seedlings, Planta 180 (1990) 212–216.
[17]...
... to water and nutrient
uptake in newly planted seedlings [4, 5]. Drought is shown to
limit root growth and nutrient uptake in conifers [3, 5, 15] but
no drought occurred during the first growing ... concentrations in soil water were higher in CDSC
than in FVC and C in the late autumn of 1999 and lower in the
spring of 1999 (Fig. 3). N concentrations were...