THE EFFECT OF ABOVEGROUND COMPETITION ON SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND CROWN SHAPE OF THE DOMINATING CANOPY SPECIES OF FOREST STANDS OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA

THE EFFECT OF ABOVEGROUND COMPETITION ON SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND CROWN SHAPE OF THE DOMINATING CANOPY SPECIES OF FOREST STANDS OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA

Background. The most of ecosystem models do not take into account the asymmetry of crowns resulted from the competition between trees. Thus, the objective of the current study is to estimate quantitatively the effect of competition on shape and size of tree crowns. Materials and methods. The study w...

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Main Authors: V. N. Shanin, M. P. Shashkov, N. V. Ivanova, P. Ya. Grabarnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penza State University Publishing House 2016-12-01
Series:Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology
Subjects:
forest ecosystems
south taiga
spatial structure
competition
crown asymmetry
Online Access:http://rjee.ru/en/rjee-1-4-2016-5/

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