Estimating sap flow from stem heat balances in Quercus robur L. seedlings in relation to light intensity: A comparison of two methods during the establishment phase     501
Magnus Löf and N. Torkel Welander
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009034
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Comparing volume growth in pure and mixed stands of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pyrenaica     502
Miren del Río and Hubert Sterba
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009035
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Effects of climate variables on intra-annual stem radial increment in Pinus cembra (L.) along the alpine treeline ecotone     503
Andreas Gruber, Jolanda Zimmermann, Gerhard Wieser and Walter Oberhuber
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009038
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Drought susceptibility and recovery of transplanted Quercus rubra seedlings in relation to root system morphology     504
Douglass F. Jacobs, K. Francis Salifu and Anthony S. Davis
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009029
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Evidence of altitudinal increase in photosynthetic capacity: gas exchange measurements at ambient and constant CO₂ partial pressures     505
Caroline C. Bresson, Andrew S. Kowalski, Antoine Kremer and Sylvain Delzon
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009027
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Using SSR markers to study the mechanism of 2n pollen formation in Populus euramericana (Dode) Guinier and P. popularis     506
Jin-Feng Zhang , Zun-Zheng Wei, Dan Li and Bailian Li
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009032
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Effects of the lateral growth rate on wood quality of Gmelina arborea from 3.5-, 7- and 12-year-old plantations     507
Miho Kojima et al.
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009031
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X-ray tomography as a tool for detailed anatomical analysis     508
Jan Van den Bulcke, Matthieu Boone, Joris Van Acker, Marc Stevens and Luc Van Hoorebeke
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009033
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Generation of Expressed Sequence Tags and development of microsatellite markers for Castanopsis sieboldii var. sieboldii (Fagaceae)     509
Saneyoshi Ueno, Kyoko Aoki and Yoshihiko Tsumura
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009037
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Forest floor contribution to phosphorus nutrition: experimental data     510
Mathieu Jonard, Laurent Augusto, Christian Morel, David L. Achat and Etienne Saur
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009039
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Establishment limitation of holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) in a Mediterranean savanna – forest ecosystem     511
Christian Smit, Mario Díaz and Patrick Jansen
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009028
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Variations of plant and soil ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr along the slope of a tropical inselberg     512
Anne Poszwa, Bruno Ferry, Benoît Pollie, Catherine Grimaldi, Pierre Charles-Dominique, Michel Loubet and Etienne Dambrine
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009036
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Allometric above-belowground biomass equations for Nothofagus pumilio (Poepp. & Endl.) natural regeneration in the Chilean Patagonia     513
Andreas Schmidt, Marcela Poulain, Daniel Klein, Kim Krause, Karen Peña-Rojas, Harald Schmidt and Andreas Schulte
Published Online: 09 July 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009030
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