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Matschonat, G. and G. U. Falkengren (2000). Recovery of soil pH, cation-exchange capacity and the saturation of exchange sites from stemflow-induced soil acidification in three Swedish beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 15(1): 39-48. {a} Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart, Germany

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Neirynck, J., S. Mirtcheva, et al. (2000). Impact of Tilia platyphyllos Scop., Fraxinus excelsior L., Acer pseudoplatanus L., Quercus robur L. and Fagus sylvatica L. on earthworm biomass and physico-chemical properties of a loamy topsoil. Forest Ecology and Management. [print] 133(3): 275-286. {a} Laboratory of Forestry, University of Ghent, Geraardsbergse Steenweg 267, B-9090, Gontrode, Belgium

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Nicolini, E. (2000). New observations on the morphology of growth patterns of the beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Symmetry of shoots, reflection of tree vigor. Canadian Journal of Botany. [print] Jan 78(1): 77-87. {a} Unite de modelisation des plantes du Cirad (Cirad amis), TA40/E, 34398, Montpellier CEDEX 6, France

Nunez, R. L., C. J. Proupin, et al. (2000). Design of risk index maps as a tool to prevent forest fires in the hill-side zone of Galicia (NW Spain). Bioresource Technology. June 73(2): 123-131. {a} Research Group TERBIPROMAT, Department of Applied Physics, University of Santiago, 15706, Santiago, Spain

Onaindia, M. and I. Amezaga (2000). Seasonal variation in the seed banks of native woodland and coniferous plantations in Northern Spain. Forest Ecology and Management. Feb. 126(2): 163-172. {a} Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country, 48080, Bilbao, Spain

Pearce, R. B. (2000). Decay development and its restriction in trees. Journal of Arboriculture. Jan. 26(1): 1-11. {a} School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

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Piovesan, G. and B. Schirone (2000). Winter North Atlantic oscillation effects on the tree rings of the Italian beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). International Journal of Biometeorology. [print] September 44(3): 121-127. {a} Department of Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via SC de Lellis, I-01100, Viterbo, Italy

Ruther, J. (2000). Retention index database for identification of general green leaf volatiles in plants by coupled capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. [print] 890(2): 313-319. {a} Angewandte Zoologie/Oekologie der Tiere, Institut fuer Biologie, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Haderslebener Strasse 9, 12163, Berlin, Germany

Saenger, H. (2000). Succession investigations of vegetated mine dump covers in the former uranium mining district of Eastern Thuringia. Zeitschrift fuer Kulturtechnik und Landentwicklung. [print] Juli 41(4): 173-180. {a} Buero fuer Umweltgutachten, Berggasse 6, D-08451, Crimmitschau, Germany

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Santa, R. I. and T. Tarazona (2000). Nutrient return to the soil through litterfall and throughfall under beech and pine stands of Sierra de la Demanda, Spain. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. [print] July September 14(3): 239-252. {a} IRNA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas 40, 37071, Salamanca, Spain

Schaefer, K. V. R., R. Oren, et al. (2000). The effect of tree height on crown level stomatal conductance. Plant Cell and Environment. April 23(4): 365-375. {a} School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708-0328, USA

Scheu, S. and M. Falca (2000). The soil food web of two beech forests (Fagus sylvatica) of contrasting humus type: Stable isotope analysis of a macro- and a mesofauna-dominated community. Oecologia Berlin. [print] May 123(2): 285-286. {a} Institut fuer Zoologie, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstrasse 3, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany

Schmitt, U., R. Moeller, et al. (2000). Seasonal wood formation dynamics of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) as determined by the "pinning" technique. Journal of Applied Botany. April 74(1-2): 10-16. {a} Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Institute for Wood Biology and Wood Protection, Leuschnerstrasse 91, D-21031, Hamburg, Germany

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Sievanen, R., M. Lindner, et al. (2000). Volume growth and survival graphs: A method for evaluating process-based forest growth models. Tree Physiology. March 20(5-6): 357-365. {a} Vantaa Research Centre, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland

Tarp, P., F. Helles, et al. (2000). Modelling near-natural silvicultural regimes for beech - An economic sensitivity analysis. Forest Ecology and Management. May 130(1-3): 187-198. {a} Department of Economics and Natural Resources, Unit of Forestry, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 23, Rolighedsvej, Frederiksberg C, 1st floor, DK-1958, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thomas, F. M. (2000). Growth and water relations of four deciduous tree species (Fagus sylvatica L., Quercus petraea (MATT.) LIEBL., Q. pubescens WILLD., Sorbus aria (L.) CR.) occurring at Central-European tree-line sites on shallow calcareous soils: Physiological reactions of seedlings to severe drought. Flora Jena. [print] April 195(2): 104-115. {a} Abt. Oekologie und Oekosystemforschung, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut fuer Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universitaet Goettingen, Untere Karspuele 2, D-37073, Goettingen, Germany

Topoliantz, S. and J. F. Ponge (2000). Influence of site conditions on the survival of Fagus sylvatica seedlings in an old-growth beech forest. Journal of Vegetation Science. [print] June 11(3): 369-374. {a} Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 avenue du Petit-Chateau, 91800, Brunoy, France

Willis, K. J. and R. J. Whittaker (2000). The refugial debate. Science Washington D C. Feb. 287(5457): 1406-1407. {a} School of Geography, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TB, UK

Wirtz, K. W. (2000). Simulating the dynamics of leaf physiology and morphology with an extended optimality approach. Annals of Botany London. [print] October 86(4): 753-764. {a} Institute for the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany

Abrudan, I. V. and R. A. Mather (1999). The influence of site factors on the composition and structure of semi-natural mixed-species stands of beech (Fagus sylvatica), silver fir (Abies alba) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) in the Upper Draganul Watershed of North-West Romania. Forestry Oxford 72(2): 87-94. {a} Forest Products Research Centre, Buckinghamshire University College, High Wycombe, HP11 2JZ, UK

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Baliuckas, V., I. Ekberg, et al. (1999). Genetic variation among and within populations of four Swedish hardwood species assessed in a nursery trial. Silvae Genetica 48(1): 17-25. {a} Department of Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

Barna, M. (1999). Process of twig growth of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) of dominant and codominant trees after regeneration cutting. Ekologia Bratislava 18(3): 233-245. {a} Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sturova 2, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

Barsberg, S. and L. G. Thygesen (1999). Spectroscopic properties of oxidation species generated in the lignin of wood fibers by a laccase catalyzed treatment: Electronic hole state migration and stabilization in the lignin matrix. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Nov. 16(3): 625-642. {a} Plant Fibre Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Agrovej 10, DK-2630, Taastrup, Denmark

Bjorkman, L. and M. Karlsson (1999). The history of beech, Fagus sylvatica, forests in southwestern Sweden: Examples from palaeoecological studies of beech forest sites in Halland. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 93(2): 107-122. {a} Kvartargeologiska avdelningen, Lunds universitet, Tornavagen 13, SE-223 63, Lund, Sweden

Blackburn, G. A. (1999). Relationships between spectral reflectance and pigment concentrations in stacks of deciduous broadleaves. Remote Sensing of Environment. Nov. 70(2): 224-237. {a} Dept. of Geography, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

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Boehm, J., A. Hahn, et al. (1999). Real-time quantitative PCR: DNA determination in isolated spores of the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae and monitoring of Phytophthora infestans and Phytophthora citricola in their respective host plants. Journal of Phytopathology Berlin. Aug. 147(7-8): 409-416. {a} Faculty of Forest Science, Section of Forest Genetics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Am Hochanger 13, D-85354, Freising, Germany

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Bradshaw, R. and B. H. Holmqvist (1999). Danish forest development during the last 3000 years reconstructed from regional pollen data. Ecography 22(1): 53-62. {a} Dept of Environmental History and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK-2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark

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Grams, T. E. E. and R. Matyssek (1999). Elevated CO2 counteracts the limitation by chronic ozone exposure on photosynthesis in Fagus sylvatica L.: Comparison between chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf gas exchange. Phyton Horn. [print] 39(4): 31-40. {a} Phytotron Unit, GSF-National Research Center for Environmental and Health, Institute of Soil Ecology, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany

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Hannah, P. R. (1999). Species composition and dynamics in two hardwood stands in Vermont: A disturbance history. Forest Ecology and Management. July 120(1-3): 105-116. {a} Department of Forestry, Aiken Center, University of Vermont School of Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, 05405-0088, USA

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Hazler, P. K., B. Comps, et al. (1999). Isozyme polymorphism of Croatian beech populations (Fagus sylvatica L.). Periodicum Biologorum. July 101(2): 165-170. {a} Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Schrottova 39, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

Herbst, M., C. Eschenbach, et al. (1999). Water use in neighbouring stands of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.). Annals of Forest Science. Feb. 56(2): 107-120. {a} Ecosystem Research Center, Kiel University, Schauenburgerstr. 112, 24118, Kiel, Germany

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Joergensen, R. G. and S. Scheu (1999). Depth gradients of microbial and chemical properties in moder soils under beech and spruce. Pedobiologia . March 43(2): 134-144. {a} Institut fur Bodenwissenschaft, Von-Siebold-Str. 4, D-37075, Goettingen, Germany

Kahl, J., T. Hoffmann, et al. (1999). Differentiation between de novo synthesized and constitutively released terpenoids from Fagus sylvatica. Phytochemistry Oxford. June 51(3): 383-388. {a} Institut fuer Spektrochemie und Angwandte Spektroskopie (ISAS), Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11, D-44139, Dortmund, Germany

Kelbel, P. (1999). Results of monitoring of carpophagous fauna on the European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Slovakia. Journal of Forest Science Prague. Oct. 45(10): 443-448. {a} Botanicka Zahrada, UPJS, Manesova 23, 043 52, Kosice, Slovakia

Kodrik, J. and M. Kodrik (1999). Statical stability and production of the beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) root system. Ekologia Bratislava 18(3): 255-263. {a} Faculty of Forestry, Technical University, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

Kovacova, M., J. Kontris, et al. (1999). An analysis of biomass production and energy equivalent of the Carex pilosa Scop. population in a clear felling consortium of Fagus sylvatica reserve. Ekologia Bratislava 18(4): 333-340. {a} Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sturova 2, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

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Leuschner, C. and M. W. Rode (1999). The role of plant resources in forest succession: Changes in radiation, water and nutrient fluxes, and plant productivity over a 300-yr-long chronosequence in NW-Germany. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 2(1): 103-147. {a} Plant Ecology, FB 19, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse, 34132, Kassel, Germany

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Lindbladh, M. and S. G. Nilsson (1999). Forest and trees in the cultural landscape at Stenbrohult, S Sweden - vegetation history based on biological and historical archives. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 93(1): 19-31. {a} Institutionen for sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, SLU, SE-230 53, Alnarp, Sweden

Ling, K. A. and M. R. Ashmore (1999). Influence of tree health on ground flora in the Chiltern beechwoods, England. Forest Ecology and Management. June 119(1-3): 77-88. {a} Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK

Maraun, M., J. Alphei, et al. (1999). Middens of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Lumbricidae): Microhabitats for micro- and mesofauna in forest soil. Pedobiologia . June 43(3): 276-287. {a} Institut fuer Zoologie, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstrasse 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

McKay, H. M., R. L. Jinks, et al. (1999). The effect of desiccation and rough-handling on the survival and early growth of ash, beech, birch and oak seedlings. Annals of Forest Science. June July 56(5): 391-402. {a} Northern Research Station, Forestry Commission Research Agency, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9SY, UK

Miltner, A. and W. Zech (1999). Microbial degradation and resynthesis of proteins during incubation of beech leaf litter in the presence of mineral phases. Biology and Fertility of Soils. Nov. 30(1-2): 48-51. {a} Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemuende, D-18112, Rostock, Germany

Monserud, R. A. and H. Sterba (1999). Modeling individual tree mortality for Austrian forest species. Forest Ecology and Management 113(2-3): 109-123. {a} Rocky Mountain Pacific Northwest Res. Stn., USDA Forest Service, 1221 SW Yamhill No. 200, Portland, OR 97205, USA

Morellet, N. and B. Guibert (1999). Spatial heterogeneity of winter forest resources used by deer. Forest Ecology and Management. Oct. 123(1): 11-20. {a} Cemagref, Ecosystemes Forestiers et Paysages, Domaine des Barres 45290, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France

Mountford, E. P. and G. F. Peterken (1999). Effects of stand structure, composition and treatment on bark-stripping of beech by grey squirrels. Forestry Oxford 72(4): 379-386. {a} Ecoscope Applied Ecologists, c/o 17 Butler Road, Wem, Shropshire, SY4 5YP, UK

Mountford, E. P., G. F. Peterken, et al. (1999). Long-term change in growth, mortality and regeneration of trees in Denny Wood, an old-growth wood-pasture in the New Forest (UK). Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 2(2): 223-272. {a} Ecoscope Applied Ecologists, 17 Butler Road, Wem, Shropshire, SY4 5YP, UK

Muller, C., E. Laroppe, et al. (1999). Further developments in the redrying and storage of prechilled beechnuts (Fagus sylvatica L.): Effect of seed moisture content and prechilling duration. Annals of Forest Science. Jan. 56(1): 49-57. {a} Inra Centre de Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France

Neirynck, J. and P. Roskams (1999). Relationships between crown condition of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and throughfall chemistry. Water Air and Soil Pollution. Nov. 116(1-2): 389-394. {a} Laboratory of Forestry, Geraardsbergse Steenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode, Belgium

Nicolini, E. and B. Chanson (1999). La pousse courte, un indicateur du degre de maturation chez le hetre (Fagus sylvatica L.). Canadian Journal of Botany. Nov. 77(11): 1539-1550. {a} Unite de modelisation des plantes, Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le developpement (Cirad amis), 34032, Montpellier Cedex, 01, France

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Oklejewicz, K. (1999). A new locality for Phyllitis scolopendrium (Polypodiaceae) in the Beskid Niski Mts. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Series Polonica 6: 290-292. {a} Zaklad Przyrodniczych Podstaw Produkcji Rolniczej, Akademia Rolnicza im. H. Kollataja w Krakowie, Wydzial Ekonomii w Rzeszowie, ul. Cwiklinskiej 2, PL-35-601, Rzeszow, Poland

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Pedersen, L. B. and H. J. Bille (1999). A comparison of litterfall and element fluxes in even aged Norway spruce, sitka spruce and beech stands in Denmark. Forest Ecology and Management 114(1): 55-70. {a} Danish Forest and Landscape Research, Hoersholm Kongevej 11, DK-2970, Hoersholm, Denmark

Penninckx, V., P. Meerts, et al. (1999). Ring width and element concentrations in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from a periurban forest in central Belgium. Forest Ecology and Management 113(1): 23-33. {a} Lab. Genet. Ecol. Vegetales, Univ. Libre Bruxelles, Chaussee Wavre 1850, B-1160 Brussels, Belgium

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Pfanz, H. (1999). Photosynthetic performance of twigs and stems of trees with and without stress. Phyton Horn. [print] 39(3 Special Edition): 29-33. {a} Institute of Applied Botany, University of Essen, D-45117, Essen, Germany

Pieroni, A. (1999). Gathered wild food plants in the upper valley of the Serchio river (Garfagnana), Central Italy. Economic Botany. July Sept 53(3): 327-341. {a} Venloer Str. 233a, D-50823, Koeln, Germany

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Reif, A. and I. K. Loeblich (1999). Do the Fagus sylvatica forests of the Pieria mountains (Northern Greece) form an altitudinal belt, or are they extrazonal? A study of the transition between temperate and submediterranean forests in Northern Greece. Phytocoenologia . March 29(1): 87-146. {a} Standorts- und Vegetationskunde, Waldbau-Institut, Universitaet Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, D-79085, Freiburg, Germany

Rennenberg, H. (1999). The significance of ectomycorrhizal fungi for sulfur nutrition of trees. Plant and Soil 215(2): 115-122. {a} Professur fuer Baumphysiologie, Institut fuer Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Am Flughafen 17, D-79085, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Rust, S. and R. F. Huettl (1999). The effect of shoot architecture on hydraulic conductance in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Trees Berlin. July 14(1): 39-42. {a} Institut fuer Gehoelze und Landschaft, Unter den Eichen, 16259, Neu Gersdorf, Germany

Santa, R. I. and T. Tarazona (1999). Organic matter dynamics in beech and pine stands of mountainous Mediterranean climate area. Annals of Forest Science. Dec. 56(8): 667-677. {a} IRNA-C.S.I.C., Cordel de Merinas 40, 37071, Salamanca, Spain

Sarvas, M. (1999). The possibility to assess plant quality by measuring electrolyte leakage. Journal of Forest Science Prague. March 45(3): 131-138. {a} Lesnicky vyskumny ustav, T. G. Masaryka 22, 960 92, Zvolen, Slovakia

Schubert, R., G. Bahnweg, et al. (1999). Detection and quantification of Phytophthora species which are associated with root-rot diseases in European deciduous forests by species-specific polymerase chain reaction. European Journal of Forest Pathology. June 29(3): 169-188. {a} Faculty of Forest Sciences, Section of Forest Genetics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Am Hochanger 13, D-85354, Freising, Germany

Strobel, B. W., I. Bernhoft, et al. (1999). Low-molecular-weight aliphatic carboxylic acids in soil solutions under different vegetations determined by capillary zone electrophoresis. Plant and Soil 212(2): 115-121. {a} Chemistry Department, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

Tiunov, A. V. and S. Scheu (1999). Microbial respiration, biomass, biovolume and nutrient status in burrow walls of Lumbricus terrestris L. (Lumbricidae). Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Dec. 31(14): 2039-2048. {a} Laboratory of Soil Zoology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky Prospect 33, 117071, Moscow, Russia

Urban, J. (1999). Strophosoma melanogrammum Forst. - A pest on young beech trees and on European mountain ash in the Zdar region. Journal of Forest Science Prague. Feb. 45(2): 64-80. {a} Fakulta lesnicka a drevarska, Mendelova zemedelska a lesnicka univerzita, Lesnicka 37, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic

Vacek, S., M. Bastl, et al. (1999). Vegetation changes in forests of the Krkonose Mts. over a period of air pollution stress (1980-1995). Plant Ecology. July 143(1): 1-11. {a} Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Vacek, S. and K. Matejka (1999). The state of forest stands on permanent research plots in the Krkonose Mts. In years 1976-1997. Journal of Forest Science Prague. July 45(7): 291-315. {a} Vyzkumna stanice Opocno, Vyzkumny ustav lesninho hospodarstvi a myslivosti, Na Olive 550, 517 73, Opocno, Czech Republic

Vesterdal, L. (1999). Influence of soil type on mass loss and nutrient release from decomposing foliage litter of beech and Norway spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(1): 95-105. {a} Department of Forest Ecology, Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Horsholm Kongevej 11, DK-2970, Horsholm, Denmark

Wallenda, T. and D. J. Read (1999). Kinetics of amino acid uptake by ectomycorrhizal roots. Plant Cell and Environment. Feb. 22(2): 179-187. {a} Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

Widdicombe, R. C. (1999). A comparative study of the regeneration of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) in Kent and Cornwall. Arboricultural Journal. May 23(2): 125-137. {a} DeMontfort University (Lincoln), Riseholm Hall, Riseholm, Lincoln, LN2 2LG, UK

Wittig, R. (1999). Anemone nemorosa and Polygonatum multiflorum: Distribution and habitat conditions in beech forests in the Ruhr district. Tuexenia 19: 173-177. {a} Geobotanik und Pflanzenoekologie, Botanisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Siesmayerstr. 70, 60323, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Wolter, C. and S. Scheu (1999). Changes in bacterial numbers and hyphal lengths during the gut passage through Lumbricus terrestris (Lumbricidae, Oligochaeta). Pedobiologia . Dec. 43(6): 891-900. {a} Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Zoologie, Schnittspahnstrasse 3, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany

Wolters, V. (1999). Allium ursinum litter triggering decomposition on a beech forest floor: The effect of earthworms. Pedobiologia . Dec. 43(6): 528-536. {a} Department of Animal Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Stephanstr. 24, D-35390, Giessen, Germany

Zhao, P., K. W, et al. (1999). Gas exchange, chlorophyll and nitrogen contents in leaves of three common trees in Middle Europe under two contrasting light regimes. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 7(2): 133-139. {a} South China Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Guangzhou, 510650, China

Aleffi, M., R. Schumacker, et al. (1998). Dumortiera hirsuta (Sw.) Nees in Calabria (Italy), its southernmost and highest localities in Europe, and additions to the bryophyte flora of this region. Cryptogamie Bryologie Lichenologie 19(4): 341-359. {a} Dipartmento Botanica Ecologia, Universita Camerino, Via Pontoni 5, I-62032 Camerino MC, Italy

Aude, E. and J. E. Lawesson (1998). Vegetation in Danish beech forests: The importance of soil, microclimate and management factors, evaluated by variation partitioning. Plant Ecology 134(1): 53-65. {a} Danish Forest Landscape Res. Inst., Dep. Forestry, Hoersholm Kongevej 11, DK-2970 Hoersholm, Denmark

Baeumler, R. and W. Zech (1998). Soil solution chemistry and impact of forest thinning in moutain forests in the Bavarian Alps. Forest Ecology and Management 108(3): 231-238. {a} Inst. Soil Science, Univ. Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Bartelink, H. H. (1998). A model of dry matter partitioning in trees. Tree Physiology 18(2): 91-101. {a} Dep. Forestry, Wageningen Agric. Univ., P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Bjorkman, L. (1998). The history of beech, Fagus sylvatica, and Norway spruce, Picea abies, at Siggaboda nature reserve in southernmost Smaland, Sweden. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 92(2): 83-93. {a} Lunds Univ., Kvartargeologiska avdelningen, Tornavagen 13, S-223 63 Lund, Sweden

Bjorkman, L. (1998). The history of beech, Fagus sylvatica at an outlying stand at Mattarp in the Smaland Uplands, Sweden. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 92(1): 11-21. {a} Lunds Univ., Paleoekol. Lab., Tornavagan 13, S-223 63 Lund, Sweden

Bjorse, G. and R. Bradshaw (1998). 2000 years of forest dynamics in southern Sweden: Suggestions for forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 104(1-3): 15-26. {a} Swedish Univ. Agric. Sci., Southern Swedish Forest Res. Centre, Box 49, S-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden

Blagodatskaya, E. V. and T. H. Anderson (1998). Interactive effects of pH and substrate quality on the fungal-to-bacterial ratio and qCO2 of microbial communities in forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30(10-11): 1269-1274. {a} Inst. Soil Biol., BFAL, Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany

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Malek, S. and J. Greszta (1996). The effect of "acid rains" and mineral fertilization on the development of