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Forest Ecosystems
Fig. 8 | Forest Ecosystems

Fig. 8

From: Drought can favour the growth of small in relation to tall trees in mature stands of Norway spruce and European beech

Fig. 8

The increase of the growth dominance coefficient, GDC, with increasing water availability, Mgs, indicates that under dry conditions small trees have a larger share of the total stand volume growth whereas under moist conditions the share of dominant trees increases. The insets in the upper part of the graph illustrate how the curve of cumulative stem volume growth over the cumulative stem volume changes with increasing water availability (from left to right)

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