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 …

Aim of study: Modelling of forest growth and dynamics has focused mainly on pure stands.
Mixed-forest management lacks systematic procedures to forecast the impact of silvicultural …

INTRODUCTION A surprisingly general pattern at very large scales casts light on the link
between ecosystem structure and function. We show a robust scaling law that emerges …

Promoting mixed‐species forests is an important strategy for adaptation and risk reduction in
the face of global change. Concurrently, a main challenge in ecology is to quantify the …

The question how tree species allometry in mixed stands differs from pure stands is
approached by analyzing how crown morphology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) …

Key message Crown, height and stem allometry vary with stand density and species
composition, the plasticity in response to inter-and intra-specific competitions being related …

Several theories predict whole‐tree function on the basis of allometric scaling relationships
assumed to emerge from traits of branching networks. To test this key assumption, and more …

The three‐dimensional forest structure affects many ecosystem functions and services
provided by forests. As forests are made of trees it seems reasonable to approach their …

General scaling rules or constants for metabolic and structural plant allometry as assumed
by the theory of Euclidian geometric scaling (2/3-scaling) or metabolic scaling (3/4-scaling) …

Plant light interception efficiency is a crucial determinant of carbon uptake by individual
plants and by vegetation. Our aim was to identify whole‐plant variables that summarize …