Facilitative-Competitive Interactions in an Old-Growth Forest: The Importance of Large-Diameter Trees as Benefactors and Stimulators for Forest Community Assembly

• Andreas Fichtner ,

  * E-mail: fichtner@leuphana.de

  Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany

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• David I. Forrester,

  Affiliation Chair of Silviculture, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Werner Härdtle,

  Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany

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• Knut Sturm,

  Affiliation Community Forest Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

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• Goddert von Oheimb

  Affiliation Institute of General Ecology and Environmental Protection, Technische Universität Dresden, Tharandt, Germany

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