Links between plant diversity, carbon stocks and environmental factors along a successional gradient in a subalpine coniferous forest in Southwest China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-369

  Zhang, Yuanbin ^a   Duan, Baoli ^a   Xian, JunRen ^b   Korpelainen, Helena ^c   Li, Chunyang ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Plant diversity; Relationship between C storage and diversity; Soil C stock; Subalpine coniferous forest

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CARBON STOCKS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; LITTER LAYER; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MINERAL SOILS; MIXED FORESTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DIVERSITY; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN C STORAGE AND DIVERSITY; ROOT BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRUCE FOREST; SURFACE LITTER; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MIXED FOREST; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION;

CHINA;

ABIES; ABIES FAXONIANA; BETULA; DEYEUXIA; PICEA; PICEA PURPUREA;

EID: 79958073553     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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