ZhaoXiangLiEtAl2015
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Zhao, L., Xiang, W., Li, J., Lei, P., Deng, X., Fang, X., Peng, C. (2015) Effects of topographic and soil factors on woody species assembly in a Chinese subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest. Forests, 6(3):650-669. (Scopus 
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Abstract
Evergreen broadleaved forests in subtropical China contain a complicated structure of diverse species. The impact of topographic and soil factors on the assembly of woody species in the forest has been poorly understood. We used Ripley's K(t) function to analyze the spatial patterns and associations of dominant species and residual analysis (RDA) to quantify the contribution of topography and soil to species assembly. The 1 ha plot investigated had 4797 stems with a diameter at breast height (dbh) larger than 1 cm that belong to 73 species, 55 genera, and 38 families. All stems of the entire forest and four late successional species exhibited a reversed J shape for dbh distribution, while two early successional species showed a unimodal shape. Aggregation was the major spatial pattern for entire forests and dominant species across vertical layers. Spatial associations between inter- and intra-species were mostly independent. Topographic and soil factors explained 28.1% of species assembly. The forest was close to late succession and showed the characteristics of diverse woody species, high regeneration capacity, and aggregated spatial patterns. Topographic and soil factors affected species assembly, but together they could only explain a small part of total variance. © 2015 by the authors.
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@ARTICLE { ZhaoXiangLiEtAl2015,
AUTHOR = { Zhao, L. and Xiang, W. and Li, J. and Lei, P. and Deng, X. and Fang, X. and Peng, C. },
TITLE = { Effects of topographic and soil factors on woody species assembly in a Chinese subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest },
JOURNAL = { Forests },
YEAR = { 2015 },
VOLUME = { 6 },
PAGES = { 650-669 },
NUMBER = { 3 },
NOTE = { cited By 0 },
ABSTRACT = { Evergreen broadleaved forests in subtropical China contain a complicated structure of diverse species. The impact of topographic and soil factors on the assembly of woody species in the forest has been poorly understood. We used Ripley's K(t) function to analyze the spatial patterns and associations of dominant species and residual analysis (RDA) to quantify the contribution of topography and soil to species assembly. The 1 ha plot investigated had 4797 stems with a diameter at breast height (dbh) larger than 1 cm that belong to 73 species, 55 genera, and 38 families. All stems of the entire forest and four late successional species exhibited a reversed J shape for dbh distribution, while two early successional species showed a unimodal shape. Aggregation was the major spatial pattern for entire forests and dominant species across vertical layers. Spatial associations between inter- and intra-species were mostly independent. Topographic and soil factors explained 28.1% of species assembly. The forest was close to late succession and showed the characteristics of diverse woody species, high regeneration capacity, and aggregated spatial patterns. Topographic and soil factors affected species assembly, but together they could only explain a small part of total variance. © 2015 by the authors. },
AUTHOR_KEYWORDS = { Hilly area in southern China; Soil nutrient; Spatial association; Spatial pattern; Topography; Vertical layer },
DOCUMENT_TYPE = { Article },
DOI = { 10.3390/f6030650 },
ISSN = { 19994907 },
KEYWORDS = { Forestry; Reforestation; Soils; Topography, Soil nutrients; Southern China; Spatial associations; Spatial patterns; Vertical layer, Soil surveys, broad-leaved forest; evergreen forest; soil nutrient; spatial variation; subtropical region; succession; topography; woody plant, Forests; Nutrients; Soil; Species Identification, China },
SOURCE = { Scopus },
URL = { http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925358289&partnerID=40&md5=0ea757eb77a4c54ea440a526ccf4926e },
}
