scholarly journals Tree mycorrhizal associations mediate soil fertility effects on forest community structure in a temperate forest

2019 ◽  
Vol 223 (1) ◽  
pp. 475-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zikun Mao ◽  
Adriana Corrales ◽  
Kai Zhu ◽  
Zuoqiang Yuan ◽  
Fei Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Mycorrhizal Associations

Phylogenetic α- and β-diversity elevational gradients reveal consistent patterns of temperate forest community structure

2020 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 103657
Author(s):  
Basil N. Yakimov ◽  
Alina S. Gerasimova ◽  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Keming Ma ◽  
Yuxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Elevational Gradients ◽  
Β Diversity

scholarly journals The effects of evolutionary and environmental variance on estimates of phylogenetic diversity in temperate forest plots

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Xu ◽  
Jia-Jia Liu ◽  
Hai-Ning Li ◽  
Juan Liu ◽  
Kevin S Burgess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Phylogenetic Diversity ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Herbaceous Plants ◽  
Sources Of Variation ◽  
Diversity Metrics

Abstract Aims Phylogenetic diversity metrics can discern the relative contributions of ecological and evolutionary processes associated with the assembly of plant communities. However, the magnitude of the potential variation associated with phylogenetic methodologies, and its effect on estimates of phylogenetic diversity, remains poorly understood. Here, we assess how sources of variation associated with estimates of phylogenetic diversity can potentially affect our understanding of plant community structure for a series of temperate forest plots in China. Methods In total, 20 forest plots, comprising of 274 woody species and 581 herbaceous species, were surveyed and sampled along an elevational gradient of 2800 m on Taibai Mountain, China. We used multi-model inference to search for the most parsimonious relationship between estimates of phylogenetic diversity and each of four predictors (i.e., type of phylogenetic reconstruction method, phylogenetic diversity metric, woody or herbaceous growth form, and elevation), and their pairwise interactions. Important Findings There was no significant difference in patterns of phylogenetic diversity when using synthesis-based vs molecular-based phylogenetic methods. Results showed that elevation, the type of phylogenetic diversity metric, growth form, and their interactions, accounted for > 44% of the variance in our estimates of phylogenetic diversity. In general, phylogenetic diversity decreased with increasing elevation; however, the trend was weaker for herbaceous plants than for woody plants. Moreover, the three phylogenetic diversity metrics showed consistent patterns (i.e., clustered) across the elevational gradient for woody plants. For herbaceous plants, the mean pairwise distance showed a random distribution over the gradient. These results suggest that a better understanding of temperate forest community structure can be obtained when estimates of phylogenetic diversity include methodological and environmental sources of variation.

Spatial associations among major tree species in a cool-temperate forest community under heterogeneous topography and canopy conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Torimaru ◽  
Shinji Akada ◽  
Kiyoshi Ishida ◽  
Shuichi Matsuda ◽  
Machiko Narita
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Spatial Associations ◽  
Cool Temperate ◽  
Cool Temperate Forest

Spatial associations among tree species in a temperate forest community in North-western Spain

2010 ◽  
Vol 260 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Martínez ◽  
Thorsten Wiegand ◽  
Fernando González-Taboada ◽  
José Ramón Obeso
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Spatial Associations ◽  
Western Spain ◽  
North Western

Spatial patterns of seedling-adult associations in a temperate forest community

2013 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Martínez ◽  
Fernando González Taboada ◽  
Thorsten Wiegand ◽  
José Ramón Obeso
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Forest Community

scholarly journals The interspecific growth–mortality trade-off is not a general framework for tropical forest community structure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina E. Russo ◽  
Sean M. McMahon ◽  
Matteo Detto ◽  
Glenn Ledder ◽  
S. Joseph Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
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