TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mihók, Barbara
AU  - Kenderes, Kata
AU  - Kirby, KJ
AU  - Paviour-Smith, K
AU  - Elbourn, CA
TI  - Forty-year changes in the canopy and the understorey in Wytham Woods
JF  - FORESTRY
J2  - FORESTRY
VL  - 82
PY  - 2009
IS  - 5
SP  - 515
EP  - 527
PG  - 13
SN  - 0015-752X
DO  - 10.1093/forestry/cpp021
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2476809
ID  - 2476809
AB  - Since the 1950s, Fraxinus excelsior has colonized the open areas. Tree growth was estimated from comparison of diameter/girth measurements from 1968 and 2007. F. excelsior diameter increment was greater than that of Acer pseudoplatanus and both showed faster growth than Quercus robur. Some canopy trees died, but no large gaps formed in the closed woodland. The abundance of understorey stems declined. The current stand structure reflects effects of past management, browsing pressure and climatic stresses over the last four decades. Multiple causes of change are probably commoner than single factors in explaining woodland structure.
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  -