In forests, the herbaceous understory vegetation plays an important role for ecosystem functioning as it represents a significant component of total aboveground productivity. In addition, the herb layer contributes to overall forest species richne...

The climate station for the Main Experiment Site A is situated at Plot M20 (29°07'27'' N, 117°54'30'' E) at 193 m asl.

Presentations given at the Chinese-European PI meeting in April 2013 in Bejing. Short overview of the results achieved in the 2nd phase and overview of the intended research in the 3rd phase. In addition, summary of group discussions during th...

For the “decomposcape” approach, a total of 4131 litter bags were filled with single-species litter of Osmanthus fragrans, Pinus massoniana and Schima superba, respectively. These bags have been fixed on the soil surface across both field sites. T...

Additional target trees were used in the CSPs to complete the species specimen needed for analysing C and N usage by trees.

We have compiled a brief identification aid which is intended to help scientists that work in the field to identify the species that are planted. It contains information on the latin as well as chinese species names, contains the short codes as we...