A5078361808- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest ecology and management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest, Soil, and Plant Ecology in China
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Plant responses to water stress
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
South China Botanical Garden
2011-2024
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012-2024
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)
2021-2022
Sun Yat-sen University
2013-2015
Beijing Botanical Garden
2011-2013
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009-2011
Summary The relationship between species richness and ecosystem function, as measured by productivity or biomass, is of long‐standing theoretical practical interest in ecology. This especially true for forests, which represent a majority global biodiversity. Here, we conduct an analysis relationships tree richness, biomass 25 forest plots area 8–50 ha from across the world. data were collected using standardized protocols, obviating need to correct methodological differences that plague many...
Abstract How the dramatic vertical environmental gradients in closed canopy forests shape intraspecific variation functional traits of tree species and their ecological strategies is not well understood. In an Asian subtropical forest, we tested hypothesis that, because species’ maximum height shade tolerance determine lifetime a tree, they should be correlated with magnitude leaf how strongly it depends on size. We collected data three variables, size four 3,880 trees 24 forest. Air...
Abstract Questions Species co‐existence may be achieved by limited dispersal due to the reduced chance of inter‐specific competition. But timing seed release also provides clues for species because asynchronous reproduction can alleviate competition agents, while synchronous facilitate overall dispersal. How strong is limitation, do co‐existing seeds synchronously or asynchronously, and what relationship between production main meteorological measures? Location A 25‐ha plot in a temperate...
Tree size distributions have long been of interest to ecologists and foresters because they reflect fundamental demographic processes. Previous studies assumed that are often associated with population trends or the degree shade tolerance. We tested these associations for 31 tree species in a 20 ha plot Dinghushan south subtropical forest China. These varied widely growth form shade-tolerance. used 2005 2010 census data from plot. found 23 had reversed J shaped distributions, eight unimodal...
Abstract The competition-colonization trade-off, by which species can partition spatial niches, is a potentially important mechanism allowing the maintenance of diversity in plant communities. We examined whether there was evidence for this trade-off among tree subtropical forest and how it correlated with eight functional traits. developed estimated metric colonization ability that incorporates both fecundity seed dispersal based on trap data sizes distributions adult trees. Competitive as...
Abstract The functional basis of tree growth is often evaluated based on trunk diameter even though only one dimension that may not be an integrative measure resource allocation. We tested the hypothesis growth—functional trait relationships are stronger when key sources variation in also accounted for, namely height and DBH, as well size‐related wood density seed production using data from 3881 trees 24 species a subtropical forest ordinary least square regression standard major axis...
Niche‐driven effects on demographic processes generated in response to habitat heterogeneity partly shape local distributions of species. Thus, tree are commonly studied relation conditions understand how niche differentiation contributes species coexistence forest communities. Many such studies implicitly assume that abundance reflects suitability, and is relatively stable over time. We compared models based with those performance for making inferences about association 287 from three large...
Community assembly in natural communities is commonly explained by stochastic and niche-based processes such as environmental filtering biotic interactions. Many studies have inferred the importance of these using a trait-based approach, however, there are still unknowns around what factors affect different communities. In this study, trait dispersion patterns 134 species were examined across functional traits, habitat types, ontogenetic stages spatial scales from 20-ha Dinghushan Forest...
Background Ecologists have been monitoring community dynamics with the purpose of understanding rates and causes change. However, there is a lack from perspective phylogeny. Methods/Principle Findings We attempted to understand temporal phylogenetic turnover in 50 ha tropical forest (Barro Colorado Island, BCI) 20 subtropical (Dinghushan southern China, DHS). To obtain under random conditions, two null models were used. The first shuffled names species that are widely used analyses. second...
Lianas are woody plants that require external support to reach the canopy. They expanding in forests worldwide, possibly due climate change and forest disturbance. Most studies on lianas have been conducted tropical forests. less explored subtropical We aimed document density diversity of lianas, test how habitat condition distribution tree species affect distributions based data from a fully mapped 20 ha plot China. analyzed association by fitting generalized linear model with family-level...
Abstract Exotic tree species, though widely used in forestry and restoration projects, pose great threats to local ecosystems. They need be replaced with native species from natural forests. We hypothesized that forests contain large, fast-growing, dominant are suitable for specific topographic conditions forestry. tested this hypothesis using data a 50-ha forest dynamics plot subtropical China. classified the into ridge, slope, valley habitats found 34/87 had significant associations at...