Impact of tree diversity and environmental conditions on the survival of shrub species in a forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 179-189

  Yang, Bo ^a,b   Li, Ying ^c   Ding, Bingyang ^d   Both, Sabine ^e   Erfmeier, Alexandra ^f,g   Härdtle, Werner ^c   Ma, Keping ^h   Schmid, Bernhard ⁱ   Scholten, Thomas ^j   Seidler, Gunnar ^a   Von Oheimb, Goddert ^k   Yang, Xuefei ^l   Bruelheide, Helge ^a,g  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Jingdezhen University   (China)

^c Leuphana University of Lneburg   (Germany)

^d WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^k DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

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Author keywords

BEF China; Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning Experiment; Forest Herb Layer; Plant Survival; Shrub Species Richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014519301     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtw099     Document Type: Article

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