Horizontal, but not vertical canopy structure is related to stand functional diversity in a subtropical slope forest

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-189

  Lang, Anne C ^a   Härdtle, Werner ^a   Bruelheide, Helge ^b   Kröber, Wenzel ^b   Schröter, Matthias ^a,c   von Wehrden, Henrik ^a   von Oheimb, Goddert ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BEF China; Coefficient of variation; Gutianshan National Nature Reserve; Niche differentiation; Tree individual

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST CANOPY; NATURE RESERVE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; TERRAIN;

CHINA; GUTIAN MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84856136225     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0887-3     Document Type: Article

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