The importance of forest structure to biodiversity-productivity relationships

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Bohn, Friedrich J ^a,b   Huth, Andreas ^a,b,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Forest stand; Gap model; Productivity; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009350834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160521     Document Type: Article

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