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A leap forward in geographic scale for forest ectomycorrhizal fungi     200
Filipa Cox, Nadia Barsoum, Martin I. Bidartondo, Isabella Børja, Erik Lilleskov, Lars O. Nilsson, Pasi Rautio, Kath Tubby and Lars Vesterdal
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009107
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Photosynthetic temperature adaptation of Pinus cembra within the timberline ecotone of the Central Austrian Alps     201
Gerhard Wieser, Walter Oberhuber, Lisa Walder, Daniela Spieler and Andreas Gruber
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009094
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Spatial and temporal variability of natural regeneration in a temperate old-growth forest     202
Janusz Szewczyk and Jerzy Szwagrzyk
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009095
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Do artificial and natural defoliation have similar effects on physiology of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. seedlings?     203
Audrey G. Quentin, Elizabeth A. Pinkard, Christopher L. Beadle, Timothy J. Wardlaw, Anthony P. O’Grady, Stephen Paterson and Caroline L. Mohammed
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009096
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Analysis of spatial patterns of oak decline in cork oak woodlands in Mediterranean conditions     204
Augusta Costa, Helena Pereira and Manuel Madeira
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009097
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Oak somatic and gametic embryos maturation is affected by charcoal and specific aminoacids mixture     205
Beatriz Pintos, Jose A. Manzanera and M. Angeles Bueno
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009098
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Litterfall and litter chemistry change over time in an old-growth temperate forest, northeastern China     206
Xuefeng Li, Yanling Hu, Shijie Han, Ying Liu and Yan Zhang
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009099
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Long-term decrease of organic and inorganic nitrogen concentrations due to pine forest wildfire     207
Jorge Durán, Alexandra Rodríguez, José María Fernández-Palacios and Antonio Gallardo
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009100
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DNA methylation and histone acetylation: genotypic variations in hybrid poplars, impact of water deficit and relationships with productivity     208
Delphine Gourcilleau, Marie-Béatrice Bogeat-Triboulot, Didier Le Thiec, Clément Lafon-Placette, Alain Delaunay, Walid Abu El-Soud, Franck Brignolas and Stéphane Maury
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009101
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Impact of poplar water status on leaf-beetle (Chrysomela populi) survival and feeding     209
Sylvie La Spina, Jean-Claude Gregoire, Patrick Mertens and Charles De-Canniere
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009102
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Non-destructive monitoring of early stages of white rot by Trametes versicolor in Fraxinus excelsior     210
Dirk Bieker, Rolf Kehr, Gesine Weber and Steffen Rust
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009103
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Thigmomorphogenesis versus light in biomechanical growth strategies of saplings of two tropical rain forest tree species     211
Gaëlle Jaouen, Meriem Fournier and Tancrède Almeras
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009104
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Spatial distribution of lineages of oak powdery mildew fungi in France, using quick molecular detection methods     212
Amira Mougou-Hamdane, Xavier Giresse, Cyril Dutech and Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009105
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Foliar resorption in Quercus petraea subsp. iberica and Arbutus andrachne along an elevational gradient     213
Duygu Kilic, Hamdi Güray Kutbay, Tuğba Ozbucak and Rena Huseyinova
Published Online: 01 February 2010
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009106
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