Context-dependent changes in the functional composition of tree communities along successional gradients after land-use change

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1347-1356

  Aiba, Masahiro ^a   Kurokawa, Hiroko ^a,c   Onoda, Yusuke ^b   Oguro, Michio ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a   Masaki, Takashi ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

biodiversity; community assembly; determinants of plant community diversity and structure; ecosystem functions; forest succession; functional composition; functional diversity; land use change; secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GYMNOSPERM; LAND USE CHANGE; MACHINE LEARNING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

JAPAN;

GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 84971283850     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12597     Document Type: Article

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