Using competition and light estimates to predict diameter and height growth of naturally regenerated beech seedlings growing under changing canopy conditions |
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| Authors: | Collet Catherine; Chenost Clement |
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| Institution: | LERFoB, UMR INRA-ENGREF 1092, INRA, 54280 Champenoux, France |
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| Abstract: | In a naturally regenerated beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) standin northeastern France, five regeneration patches were selectedwith different degrees of canopy closure; the percentage ofabove-canopy light (PACL) ranged between 5 and 45 per cent.The canopy was removed by a storm 2 years later. In order toanalyse the immediate and delayed effects of PACL on seedlingdiameter and height growth, the effects of the light conditionsprevailing before canopy opening on seedling growth measuredbefore and after canopy opening were tested. The effects oflocal density were examined using neighbourhood analysis. Fourdifferent competition indices (CIs) and neighbourhood radiiranging from 10 to 200 cm were tested. Models including PACLand CI accounted for between 56 and 64 per cent of the variationin individual seedling annual diameter or height growth. Localdensity had a strong negative influence on diameter growth anda much smaller influence on height growth. PACL was positivelycorrelated with diameter and height growth before canopy opening.Delayed effects of PACL on height growth were observed justafter canopy opening, but disappeared after 2 years. No delayedeffects of PACL on diameter growth after canopy opening wereobserved. |
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