Strong plant-soil associations in a heterogeneous subtropical broad-leaved forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-220

  Zhang, Liwen ^a,b   Mi, Xiangcheng ^b   Shao, Hongbo ^a   Ma, Keping ^b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Plant soil associations; Soil nutrients; Spatial patterns; Species coexistence; Subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; BULK DENSITY; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; FOREST SOIL; HETEROGENEITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 80052714989     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0839-2     Document Type: Article

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