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...

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In July 2016, Z2 gave a talk at the Australian National Universtiy, Menzies Library to introduce and propmote the usage of the BEFData protal infrastrucutre.Z2 has been invited by the Information Literacy Programme of the ANU. The talk has been re...

While coexistence in plant communities is frequently explained by effects of resource niche partitioning, the Janzen-Connell (J-C) hypothesis is an alternative approach that has been assumed as a major ecological mechanism explaining high species ...

Herbivory levels estimated categorically, and main cause of damage for site A extinction scenario A trees following TreeDi tree species pair (TSP) sampling design.

"1. Afforestations are globally increasing to produce timber and pulp wood, and to enhance carbon sequestration aiming at the mitigation of CO2 emissions. Large areas have been and will be afforested, particularly in China, in order to compensate ...