Abiotic Drivers of Seedling Bank Diversity in Subtropical Forests of Southern China

Abiotic factors are important to shape plant community composition and diversity through processes described as environmental filtering. Most studies on plant diversity in forests focus on adult trees, while the abiotic drivers of forest seedling community characteristics are less understood. Here,...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Francesco Martini, Chaobo Zou, Xiaoyang Song, Uromi Manage Goodale
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Subjects:	community assembly elevation environmental filtering plant diversity seedling dynamics soil nutrients
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.784036/full