Authors: Aldea, Jorge, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, del Río, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Heym, Michael, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Jansons, Aris, Metslaid, Marek, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Granhus, Aksel, Holm, Stig-Olof, Nothdurft, Arne, Sitko, Roman, Löf, Magnus
Venue: Forest Ecology and Management
Type: Publication
Abstract: Mixed forests are suggested as a strategic adaptation of forest management to climate change. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) are tree species of high economic and ecological value for European forestry. Both species coexist naturally in a large part of their distributions but there is a lack of knowledge on the ecological functioning of mixtures of these species and how to manage such stands. This paper analyses these species’ intra- and inter-specific competition, including size-symmetric vs. siz...
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Topics: 
Ecology
Forestry
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