Local-scale drivers of tree survival in a temperate forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xugao ^a   Comita, Liza S ^b,c   Hao, Zhanqing ^a   Davies, Stuart J ^c   Ye, Ji ^a   Lin, Fei ^a   Yuan, Zuoqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TREE; TREE SIZE; TREE SURVIVAL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TREES;

EID: 84863116717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029469     Document Type: Article

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