Partitioning temperate plant community structure at different scales

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-313

  Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Zhao, Xiuhai ^a   von Gadow, Klaus ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest density; PCNMs; Size differentiation; Species diversity; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHINA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 77950367984     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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