Forests at the limit: evolutionary – genetic consequencesof environmental changes at the receding (xeric) edge of distribution. Report from a research workshop     800
Csaba Mátyás, Giovanni G. Vendramin and Bruno Fady
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009081
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Stimulation of tree defenses by Ophiostomatoid fungi can explain attack success of bark beetles on conifers     801
François Lieutier, Annie Yart and Aurélien Salle
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009066
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Climate-growth variability in Quercus ilex L. west Iberian open woodlands of different stand density     802
Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo, Dario Martín-Benito, Paolo Cherubini and Cañellas Isabel
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009080
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Variations in water use by a mature mangrove of Avicennia germinans, French Guiana     803
Etienne Muller, Luc Lambs and François Fromard
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009079
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Measuring wood density by means of X-ray computer tomography     804
Charline Freyburger, Fleur Longuetaud, Frédéric Mothe, Thiéry Constant and Jean-Michel Leban
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009071
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Spring frost and decay fungi are implicated in suppressing aspen re-growth following partial cleaning in juvenile stands     805
Jane M. Wolken, Victor J. Lieffers, Simon M. Landhäusser and Tara Mulak
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009072
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Effects of genetic entry and competition by neighbouring trees on growth and wood properties of cloned Norway spruce (Picea abies)     806
Ane Zubizarreta Gerendiain, Heli Peltola, Pertti Pulkkinen and Seppo Kellomäki
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009075
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Nitrogen mineralization after clearcutting and residue managementin a second rotation Eucalyptus globulus Labill. stand in Galicia (NW Spain)     807
Cristina Fernández, José A. Vega, Salvador Bará, Carmen Beloso, Margarita Alonso and Teresa Fonturbel
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009076
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A merchantable volume system for Pinus sylvestris L. in the major mountain ranges of Spain     808
Felipe Crecente-Campo, Alberto Rojo Alboreca and Ulises Diéguez-Aranda
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009078
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Comparing floristic composition in treefall gaps of certified, conventionally managed and natural forests of northern Honduras     809
Mari Kukkonen and Stefan Hohnwald
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009070
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Summer temperature affects the ratio of radial and height growthof Scots pine in northern Finland     810
Hannu Salminen, Risto Jalkanen and Markus Lindholm
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009074
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Coastal Douglas-fir provenance variation: patterns and predictions for British Columbia seed transfer     811
Jodie Krakowski and Michael U. Stoehr
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009069
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Gender, neighboring competition and habitat effects on the stem growth in dioecious Fraxinus mandshurica trees in a northern temperate forest     812
Chunyu Zhang, Xiuhai Zhao, Lushuang Gao and Klaus v. Gadow
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009068
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Deforestation and forest degradation in Papua New Guinea     813
Colin Filer, Rodney J. Keenan, Bryant J. Allen and John R. Mcalpine
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009067
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Phenotypic variation in the phenology of ascospore production between European populations of oak powdery mildew     814
Benoit Marçais, Miloslava Kavkova and Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009077
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A generic model of thinning and stand density effects on forest growth, mortality and net increment     815
Oskar Franklin, Kentaro Aoki and Rupert Seidl
Published Online: 25 November 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009073
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