Does life form affect tree species assembly? A demographic study across the life history of a temperate forest in Japan

Abstract In this study, the dominant mechanism that defines the species assembly in an old‐growth temperate forest was investigated by analyzing the species specificity of demographic parameters in relation to the life history stage, testing the hypotheses that early life stages should be more criti...

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Main Authors: Pavithra Rangani Wijenayake, Takashi Masaki, Mitsue Shibata, Yasuhiro Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-06-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4579