Stand structure can strongly influence forest growth and other processes, such as the water
balance, carbon partitioning, nutrient cycling and light dynamics. However, individual …

Mixed-species forest stands are well explored in their favourable ecological, economical,
and socio-economical functions and services compared with pure stands, but still poorly …

It has been suggested that diverse forests utilize canopy space more efficiently than species‐
poor ones, as mixing species with complementary architectural and physiological traits …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Tree crown size determines among others tree's growth, carbon sequestration, shading,
filtering of fine air particulates, and risk of wind-breaking. The dependence of crown size on …

Light is a key resource for tree performance and hence, tree species partition spatial and
temporal gradients in light availability. Although light distribution drives tree performance …

Abstract Leaf Area Index, LAI, the total surface area of leaves per unit of ground area (m 2
m− 2), is a collective measure of the foliar portion of vegetation canopy structure. The …

An increasing number of studies provide evidence that mixed-species stands can overyield
monocultures. But it is still hardly understood, how the overyielding at the stand level …

When tree‐species mixtures are more productive than monocultures, higher light absorption
is often suggested as a cause. However, few studies have quantified this effect and even …

How tree morphology develops in mixed-species stands is essential for understanding and
modelling mixed-stand dynamics. However, research so far focused on the morphological …