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Productivity as related to diversity and age in planted versus natural forests

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Abstract

Little is known about the performance of plantations relative to natural forests of the same climate zone and age. China has more plantations than any other country as a consequence of massive afforestation efforts.We use data from China to comparatively examine tree biomass and productivity of planted and natural stands in relation to climate zone, latitude, elevation, age and species diversity (richness).

Keywords

Carbon sequestration, China, comparison, elevation, functions, latitude, plantations, restoration, species selection, succession

Citation

Guo, Qinfeng; Ren, Hai. 2014. Productivity as related to diversity and age in planted versus natural forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, (2014) 23, 1461–1471 11p.
Citations
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/47408