Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

European Journal of Forest Research - Tập 134 Số 5 - Trang 927-947 - 2015
Hans Pretzsch1, Miren del Rı́o2, Christian Ammer3, Admir Avdagić4, Ignacio Barbeito5, Kamil Bielak6, Gediminas Brazaitis7, Lluís Coll8, Gerald Dirnberger9, Lars Drößler10, Róbert Sedmák11, David I. Forrester12, Kšištof Godvod7, Michael Heym1, Václav Hurt13, Viktor Kurylyak14, Magnus Löf10, Fabio Lombardi15, Bratislav Matović16, G.M.J. Mohren17, Renzo Motta18, J. den Ouden17, Maciej Pach19, Quentin Ponette20, Gerhard Schütze1, J. Schweig1, Jerzy Skrzyszewski19, Vít Šrámek21, Hubert Sterba9, Miroslav Svoboda22, Margot Vanhellemont23, Kris Verheyen23, Klaas Wellhausen1, Tzvetan Zlatanov24, Andrés Bravo‐Oviedo2
1Chair for Forest Growth and Yield Science, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
2Department of Silviculture and Forest Systems Management, INIA-CIFOR, Madrid, Spain
3Abteilung Waldbau und Waldökologie der gemäßigten Zonen, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
4Institute for Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
5Laboratoire d’Etude des Ressources Forêt Bois (LERFoB), INRA centre of Nancy, Champenoux, France
6Department of Silviculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
7Institute of Forest Biology and Silviculture, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Kaunas, Lithuania
8Investigador del Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Solsona, Spain
9Department of Forest and Soil Science, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
10Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
11Department of Forest Management and Geodesy, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
12Chair of Silviculture Albert‐Ludwigs‐Universität Freiburg Freiburg Germany
13Department of Silviculture, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic
14Forestry Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
15Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio (DiBT), University of Molise, Pesche, Italy
16Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
17Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen University of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, The Netherlands
18Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences DISAFA, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
19Department of Silviculture, Institute of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, University of Agriculture, Kraków, Poland
20Faculty of Bioscience Engineering & Earth and Life Institute Universite Catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
21Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Opocno, Czech Republic
22Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
23Forest & Nature Lab Ghent University Melle‐Gontrode Belgium
24Department of Silviculture, Forest Research Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria

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