Stand structure and foliage distribution in Quercus pubescens and Quercus cerris forests in Tuscany (central Italy)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Stand structure and foliage distribution in Quercus pubescens and Quercus cerris forests in Tuscany (central Italy)

Original language description

We examined vertical foliage distribution (based on destructive harvesting) in the deciduous oak species Quercus pubescens and Quercus cerris, at the level of the entire tree and the forest community, in two adjacent stands in Tuscany (central Italy). The study was aimed at characterizing the structure of these stands in a manner suitable as a biometric background for comparison with canopy processes of other forest sites. The leaf study was based on the 'cloud' technique described earlier, characterizing the aggregation of leaves on branches and their position in the canopy. We used regressions (based on coefficients of the double-Gauss equation) to generalize leaf distribution in individual trees and to upscale the data for whole stands. Q. cerris trees were about six meters taller than Q. pubescens, which grew in a more xeric site. The leaf area index was lower in the stand mainly composed of Q. pubescens (LAI = 2.8) than in the Q. cerris stand (LAI = 4, 7). Oak canopies occupied ab

Czech name

Struktura porostu a distribuce listoví Quercus pubescens a Quercus cerris v Toskánsku (Itálie)

Czech description

Struktura porostu a distribuce listoví Quercus pubescens a Quercus cerris v toskánsku (Itálie)

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EF - Botany

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forest ecology and management

ISSN

0378-1127

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Volume of the periodical

255

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

10

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