Does Forest Continuity Enhance the Resilience of Trees to Environmental Change?

There is ample evidence that continuously existing forests and afforestations on previously agricultural land differ with regard to ecosystem functions and services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling and biodiversity. However, no studies have so far been conducted on possible long-term (...

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Main Authors: Goddert von Oheimb, Werner Härdtle, Dieter Eckstein, Hans-Hermann Engelke, Timo Hehnke, Bettina Wagner, Andreas Fichtner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4262476?pdf=render