title: GROWTH GRADIENTS OF MULTI-AGED PURE ORIENTAL BEECH STANDS ALONG THE ALTITUDINAL GRADIENTS WITHIN A MESOSCALE WATERSHED LANDSCAPE
abstract: Leaf Area Index (LAI) is one of the rare parameters that intend to represent the level of growth and productivity to some extent. Particularly from the ecophysiological and habitat frames, Fagus orientalis Lipsky is relatively less discovered species compared to European beech.The most suitable altitudinal ranges within Bartn watershed where multi-aged oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) stands (mapobs) exist, were aimed to be determined based on the LAI measurements. Investigating the tren
journal: Applied Ecology and Environmental Research