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Talks BEF conference 2011

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(1) Bruelheide: Stepping stones and motivation of the BEF China experiment. (2)Ma, Dali Guo: Below ground biomass, trees harvested near the main experiment, species list of harvested trees, pictures of harvesting and processing, allocation graphs...

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Created at: 2011-08-09
Updated at: 2014-02-24

Pilot experiment: sapling biomass of 4 tree species in 2009-2010

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In order to develop species-specific allometric equations , the biomass of four species (species pool 1) used by SP5 were measured in parallel with our 15N labelling campaigns (summer and autum 2009, winter and spring 2010). The allometric equati...

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Created at: 2012-02-29
Updated at: 2015-02-04

Pilot Experiment: Soil Carbon (C) and Nitrogen (N) Concentration in the Pilot Experiment, Xingangshan

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Soil samples were taken from two soil layers in the Pilotexperiment for C and N analysis in Winter 2010 . This work aimed to get a general idea about the C and N concentrations and the uniformity among the four different blocks of the Pilot Experi...

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Created at: 2012-02-29
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: Soil Gravimetric Water Content (mineral soil)

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In all four seasons (summer 2008, autumn 2008, spring 2009 and winter 2010) the gravimetric soil water content of the mineral soil in up to 6 soil layers was determined. Soil sampling was performed in parallel with nitrate and ammonium extractions.

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Created at: 2012-02-29
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: Litter layer thickness, mass and C and N pools at the forest floor

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Thickness and mass of the standing leaf litter layer was measured in all CSPs in spring 2009, summer 2009, autumn 2009 and winter 2010. This piece of work will contribute to calculate total carbon and nitrogen pool sizes of the broad-leaved fore...

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Created at: 2012-02-29
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: Root Carbon (C) and Nitrogen (N) Concentration of 124 tree and shrub species

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We measured the concentration of C and N in fine roots of 124 tree and shrub species in the CSPs. This work contributes three addtional traits to the plant trait database: Root N concentration, root C concentration and C/N ratio and will deliver d...

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Created at: 2012-02-29
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: Tree species Carbon (C) and Nitrogen (N) Concentration (Root, Stem, Twig, Leaf) of 8 target species in the CSPs

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Leaf, twig, stem and root samples were taken from eight “target” species (four trees, two deciduous: Castanea henryi, Quercus serrata and two evergreen: Castanopsis eyrei, Schima superba; four shrubs, one deciduous: Rhododendron simsii and three e...

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Created at: 2012-03-05
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: N determination: soluble and extractable ammonium and nitrate (mineral nitrogen) in the CSPs (2008-2010)

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The concentration of plant available soil nitrogen (nitrate and ammonium) was measured in the CSPs to quantify and qualify changes in the course of secondary forest succession. Soil mineral N was determined in five to six soil layers in four ...

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Created at: 2012-11-30
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: Tree C N measurements: additional target trees in 2008

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

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Created at: 2012-01-17
Updated at: 2016-03-03

Data for Ristok et al. 2017: Leaf litter diversity positively affects the decomposition of plant polyphenols

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Leaf litter decomposition is closely linked to nutrient cycling and driven by environmental conditions, species-specific leaf chemistry, and here in particular by polyphenols composition. However, not much attention has been paid on the decomposit...

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People: 5
Projects: 2
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Created at: 2016-01-22
Updated at: 2017-09-12

CSPs: Gaseous concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ammonia (NH3) for estimating dry deposition of nitrogen in the GNNR

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Gaseous concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ammonia (NH3) was measured in Gutianshan for a period of 12 months (November 2008 - October 2009) for estimating dry deposition of nitrogen. Passive sampling tubes (www.passam.ch) were used to qu...

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Projects: 1
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Created at: 2016-09-29
Updated at: 2017-01-26

Main Experiment: Gaseous concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ammonia (NH3) in Xingangshan (Site A ) for estimating nitrogen dry deposition

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Gaseous concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ammonia (NH3) was measured at Site A of the Main Experiment for a period of 55 months (May 2010 - November 2014) for estimating dry deposition of nitrogen. Passive sampling tubes (www.passam.ch) ...

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Projects: 1
Version: 1
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Created at: 2016-09-29
Updated at: 2016-09-29

CSPs: Leaf litter decomposition in CSPs: remaining litter mass, carbon and nitrogen concentration during decomposition

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This data set set belongs to the SP5 litter decomposition experiment that was structured in three parts. First we determined single-species litter decomposition constants of 26 woody species, second litter decomposition of Schima superba was asses...

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People: 2
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-06-06
Updated at: 2016-03-03

CSPs: Leaf litter decomposition in CSPs: decomposition rates (k-values)

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This data set set belongs to the SP5 litter decomposition experiment that was structured in three parts. First we determined single-species litter decomposition constants of 26 woody species, second litter decomposition of Schima superba was asses...

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People: 2
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-06-06
Updated at: 2016-03-03

Main Experiment: Litter nutrient concentrations from littertraps (SiteA)

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Litter production and subsequent decomposition are key processes in C and nutrient cycling of forest ecosystems: the physical and chemical breakdown of organic matter during decom-position releases both CO2 and nutrients, the latter being again av...

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People: 5
Projects: 2
Version: 4
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2016-10-07
Updated at: 2017-03-31

NILEx tracer (general): reference names for plots

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This dataset provides information about the Tracer NILEx plot ID for all three subexperiments (litter, wood and root decomposition) and their location within the experimental site

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People: 3
Projects: 2
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-02-21
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx tracer (leaf): decomposition rates of leaves and plot topography data

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Leaf decomposition plays an important role in ecosystem biogeochemistry. Nutrients are released from decomposing litter by leaching of soluble substances and the break-down by animals, microbes and fungi, and will thus become again available for u...

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People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-09-19
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Main Experiment: Ammonium concentrations and ammonification rates in soils (Site A, Ext. A, B and E plots)

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Soil sampling was carried out on a subset of 100 plots of two overlapping extinction scenarios on Site A (Extinction scenario A and B). The sampüles were collected from young forest communities composed of 1 - 24 species (see general plot informat...

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People: 4
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2016-10-07
Updated at: 2017-01-26

NILEx tracer (leaf): dry weight of leaves, leaf decomposition

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Leaf decomposition plays an important role in ecosystem biogeochemistry. Nutrients are released from decomposing litter by leaching of soluble substances and the break-down by animals, microbes and fungi, and will thus become again available for u...

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People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 2
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-02-21
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx (general): experiment design introduction by Katrin Seidelmann

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Experiment design of NILEx, an introduction by Katrin Seidelmann

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Projects: 2
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Attachments: 1
Created at: 2013-08-22
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEX (general): Talks NILEx meeting February 2013, Leipzig

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Talks from the Nilex meeting in Leipzig, February 2013.

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Created at: 2013-02-21
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx tracer (leaf): remaining litter mass and tracer 15N and Li concentrations/contents in leaf litter

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Leaf decomposition plays an important role in ecosystem biogeochemistry. Nutrients are released from decomposing litter by leaching of soluble substances and the break-down by animals, microbes and fungi, and will thus become again available for u...

Id: 534
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2016-10-11
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (leaf): remaining litter mass for all timesteps, Main Experiment, Site A

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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...

Id: 386
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 2
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-09-20
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (leaf): remaining litter mass for all timesteps, Main Experiment, Site B

Abstract:
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...

Id: 389
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 2
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-09-20
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx unlabelled (general): reference names for plots and topography data

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This dataset provides information about the Unlabelled NILEx plot ID and topography for all mesocosm plots (litter decomposition, soil fauna abundance, microbial activity) and an additional map of the plot location within the blocks.

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People: 3
Projects: 0
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-09-20
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx unlabelled (leaf): element ICP analysis data of leaves

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Element ICP analysis data of leaves, unlabelled Nilex

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People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 0
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-02-21
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx unlabelled (leaf): dry weight of leaf litter from runoff plots

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This dataset provides information about the remaining litter mass fom all Unlabelled NILEx ROPs at the end of the experiment

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People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-02-21
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Main Experiment: Climate Data from Vips (2011 - 2014)

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This dataset represents the accumulated climate data from HOBO loggers in the VIP plots on Site A and Site B. These sensors were brought out there in the framework of the Decomposcape Experiment that aims at determining the effect of local climate...

Id: 559
People: 7
Projects: 4
Version: 1
Attachments: 2
Created at: 2017-01-09
Updated at: 2017-01-20

Decomposcape (general): soil moisture data, Main experiment, Site A

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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...

Id: 443
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 2
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-24
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (general): soil moisture data, Main Experiment, Site B

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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...

Id: 444
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 2
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-24
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (general): plot topography data, Main Experiment, Site A

Abstract:
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...

Id: 445
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 3
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-25
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (general): plot topography data, Main Experiment, Site B

Abstract:
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...

Id: 446
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 3
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-25
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (general): tree height data, Main Experiment, Site B

Abstract:
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...

Id: 447
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 0
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-25
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Decomposcape (general): tree height data, Main Experiment, Site A

Abstract:
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...

Id: 448
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 0
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-25
Updated at: 2017-01-09

NILEx unlabelled (leaf): total dry weight of leaves, leaf decomposition

Abstract:
This dataset provides information about the remaining leaf litter mass of the Unlabelled NILEx litter decomposition plots.

Id: 449
People: 3
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2013-10-25
Updated at: 2017-01-09

Main Experiment: Site A (VIPS) Chlorophyl & C/N content, SLA of leaves and biomass estimations

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Master-thesis: “Influence of diversity on N-distribution in canopy’s from subtropical trees in China”

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Projects: 1
Version: 2
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Created at: 2017-03-23
Updated at: 2017-03-27

Main Experiment: Soil nitrate content (Site A, Ext. A, B and E plots)

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Soil sampling was carried out on a subset of 100 plots of two overlapping extinction scenarios on Site A (Extinction scenario A and B). The samples were collected from young forest communities composed of 1 - 24 species (see general plot informati...

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People: 4
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2017-04-10
Updated at: 2017-04-10

Main Experiment: Soil P fractions (Hedley), soil pH, soil C and N content (Site A, Ext. A, B and E plots)

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Soil sampling was carried out on a subset of 100 plots of two overlapping extinction scenarios on Site A (Extinction scenario A and B). The samples were collected from young forest communities composed of 1 - 24 species (see general plot informati...

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People: 4
Projects: 1
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2017-04-10
Updated at: 2017-04-10

Data for Schuldt et al. "Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests"

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Human-induced biodiversity change may impair ecosystem functions crucial to human well-being. However, the consequences of this change for ecosystem multifunctionality are poorly understood beyond effects of plant species loss, particularly in reg...

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People: 10
Projects: 9
Version: 1
Attachments: 0
Created at: 2018-04-23
Updated at: 2018-04-23
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Impact of species diversity, stand age and environmental factors on leaf litter decomposition in subtropical forests in China

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Tree diversity is considered to influence decomposition either by changing environmental conditions or by non-additive litter mixture effects. Thus, we examined the influence of tree species richness, forest age and environmental factors on single...

Id: 164
Users: 14
Datafiles: 7
Attachments: 0
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2016-01-08
Updated at: 2016-01-08

Spatio-temporal water uptake patterns of tree saplings are not altered by interspecific interaction in the early stage of a subtropical forest

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Complementary resource use has often been claimed to explain positive effects of plant diversity on ecosystem functioning, but the underlying mechanisms of complementarity have rarely been directly quantified in forest systems. The aim of this s...

Id: 162
Users: 4
Datafiles: 0
Attachments: 0
Board: Final
State: Accepted
Created at: 2015-11-18
Updated at: 2018-03-04

Functional trait similarity of native and invasive herb species in subtropical China – environment-specific differences are the key (10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.04.009)

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Fundamental niche analysis of 15 native and 15 exotic invasive herb species of reforestation sites in subtropical China A) Environmental differentiation: The group of exotic invasive species display superiority over the group of native species o...

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Users: 7
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Attachments: 2
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2010-11-18
Updated at: 2013-01-19

Shifts in community leaf functional traits are related to litter decomposition along a secondary forest succession series in subtropical China

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We investigated shifts in community weighted mean traits (CWM) of 14 leaf functional traits along a secondary successional series in an evergreen broadleaf forest in subtropical southeast China. Most of the investigated traits have been reported t...

Id: 123
Users: 15
Datafiles: 5
Attachments: 0
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2014-09-29
Updated at: 2015-01-27

Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service? doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2010.02.003

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Nadrowski, K., Wirth, C., & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2010). Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2(1-2), 75-79. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2010.02.003

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Attachments: 1
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2012-02-01
Updated at: 2013-01-18

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. doi:10.1890/09-2172.1

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[5] Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Assmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B.-Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Kröber, W....

Id: 35
Users: 39
Datafiles: 0
Attachments: 1
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2012-02-01
Updated at: 2013-01-18

The influence of mixed species tree plantations on the nutrition of individual species: a review. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpq035

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[6] Richards, A. E., Forrester, D. I., Bauhus, J. and Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2010) The influence of mixed species tree plantations on the nutrition of individual species: a review. Tree Physiology 30: 1192-1208. (no prop) doi:10.1093/treephys/tpq035

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Users: 2
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Attachments: 1
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2012-02-01
Updated at: 2013-01-18

Tree Diversity Enhances Stand Carbon Storage but Not Leaf Area in a Subtropical Forest

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Research about biodiversity–productivity relationships has focused on herbaceous ecosystems, with results from tree field studies only recently beginning to emerge. Also, the latter are concentrated largely in the temperate zone. Tree species dive...

Id: 211
Users: 19
Datafiles: 7
Attachments: 0
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2017-01-31
Updated at: 2017-01-31

Mixed afforestations of young subtropical trees promote nitrogen acquisition and retention

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Afforestation is globally increasing to produce timber and pulp wood, but also to enhance ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient retention or groundwater recharge. In China, large areas have been and will be afforested in or...

Id: 90
Users: 18
Datafiles: 3
Attachments: 2
Board: Final
State: Accepted
Created at: 2013-09-16
Updated at: 2015-09-16

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

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Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments address ecosystem-level consequences of species loss by comparing communities of high species richness with communities from which species have been gradually eliminated. BEF experiments origina...

Id: 137
Users: 36
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Attachments: 0
Board: Final
State: Accepted
Created at: 2015-01-27
Updated at: 2017-06-16

Soil respiration is driven by fine root biomass along a forest chronosequence in subtropical China

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Aims Soil respiration (Rs) is a major process controlling soil carbon loss in forest ecosystems. However, the underlying mechanisms leading to variation in Rs along forest successional gradients are not well understood. In this study, we investig...

Id: 187
Users: 5
Datafiles: 0
Attachments: 0
Board: Final
State: Accepted
Created at: 2016-11-03
Updated at: 2018-11-03

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems - a study from SE China

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Aims The aim of our research was to understand small-scale effects of topography and soil fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiment in subtropical SE China. Methods Geomorphometric terrain an...

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Users: 23
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Attachments: 0
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2016-11-03
Updated at: 2016-11-03

Community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi along a subtropical secondary forest succession

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 Environmental selection and dispersal limitation are two of the primary processes structuring biotic communities in ecosystems, but little is known about these processes in shaping the soil microbial community during secondary forest succession....

Id: 50
Users: 26
Datafiles: 16
Attachments: 1
Board: Final
State: Accepted
Created at: 2012-02-23
Updated at: 2015-04-25

The effect of microclimate on wood decay is indirectly altered by tree species diversity in a litterbag study

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Aims: We studied the influence of tree species diversity on the dynamics of coarse wood decomposition in developing forest communities in a natural, topographically heterogeneous landscape. Using the litter bag technique we investigated how and to...

Id: 170
Users: 9
Datafiles: 5
Attachments: 0
Board: Final
State: Accepted
Created at: 2016-02-17
Updated at: 2018-02-17

Impact of tree diversity, successional stage, and environmental factors on leaf litter decomposition in an evergreen broad-leaved forest in subtropical China.

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Background and aims Tree diversity is considered to influence decomposition either by changing environmental conditions or by non-additive litter mixture effects. Thus, we examined the influence of tree species richness, forest age and environmen...

Id: 47
Users: 3
Datafiles: 0
Attachments: 0
Board: Prep
State: Accepted
Created at: 2012-02-09
Updated at: 2016-03-04
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