Contrasting regeneration strategies in climax and long-lived pioneer tree species in a subtropical forest.

1: This study investigated 15 coexisting dominant species in a humid subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in southwest China, consisting of long-lived pioneers and climax species occurring in natural and disturbed regimes. The authors hypothesized that there would be non-tradeoff scaling relati...

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Main Authors: Haiyang Wang, Hui Feng, Yanru Zhang, Hong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4226506?pdf=render