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The genus Acacia as invader: the characteristic case of Acacia dealbata Link in Europe     101
Paula Lorenzo, Luís González and Manuel J. Reigosa
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009082
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Effects of stand density on ecosystem properties of subalpine forests in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA     102
Sharon J. Hall and Peter J. Marchand
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009083
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Diminished vessel diameter as a possible factor in the decline of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)     103
Mirela Tulik, Katarzyna Marciszewska and Jacek Adamczyk
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009084
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Seasonal changes in carbohydrates, cyclitols, and water relations of 3 field grown Eucalyptus species from contrasting taxonomy on a common site     104
Andrew Merchant, Stefan K. Arndt, Douglas M. Rowell, Sabine Posch, Andrew Callister, Michael Tausz and Mark A. Adams
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009085
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Response to canopy opening does not act as a filter to Fagus sylvatica and Acer sp. advance regeneration in a mixed temperate forest     105
Blandine Caquet, Pierre Montpied, Erwin Dreyer, Daniel Epron and Catherine Collet
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009086
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Arthropods in coarse woody debris in jarrah forest and rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia     106
John M. Koch, Andrew H. Grigg, Ross K. Gordon and Jonathan D. Majer
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009087
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Integration of water transport pathways in a maple tree: responses of sap flow to branch severing     107
Nadezhda Nadezhdina
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009092
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Estimation of chlorophyll in Quercus leaves using a portable chlorophyll meter: effects of species and leaf age     108
Fernando Silla, Ana González-Gil, Mª Esther González-Molina, Sonia Mediavilla and Alfonso Escudero
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009093
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Wood colour variation in sapwood and heartwood of young trees of Tectona grandis and its relationship with plantation characteristics, site, and decay resistance     109
Róger Moya and Alexander Berrocal
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009088
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Forest liming durably impact the communities of ectomycorrhizas and fungal epigeous fruiting bodies     110
François Rineau, Jean-Paul Maurice, Claude Nys, Hubert Voiry and Jean Garbaye
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009089
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The effects of forest structure on the risk of wind damage at a landscape level in a boreal forest ecosystem     111
Hongcheng Zeng, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Heli Peltola and Seppo Kellomäki
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009090
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How do trees affect spatio-temporal heterogeneity of nutrient cycling in mediterranean annual grasslands?     112
Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo, Barbara Allen-Díaz, Alfonso San Miguel and Isabel Cañellas
Published Online: 24 December 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009091
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