Tree species traits but not diversity mitigate stem breakage in a subtropical forest following a rare and extreme ice storm.

Future climates are likely to include extreme events, which in turn have great impacts on ecological systems. In this study, we investigated possible effects that could mitigate stem breakage caused by a rare and extreme ice storm in a Chinese subtropical forest across a gradient of forest diversity...

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Main Authors: Karin Nadrowski, Katherina Pietsch, Martin Baruffol, Sabine Both, Jessica Gutknecht, Helge Bruelheide, Heike Heklau, Anja Kahl, Tiemo Kahl, Pascal Niklaus, Wenzel Kröber, Xiaojuan Liu, Xiangcheng Mi, Stefan Michalski, Goddert von Oheimb, Oliver Purschke, Bernhard Schmid, Teng Fang, Erik Welk, Christian Wirth
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f058975b7ecc4bcd928fbeb9a68d898e
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