Community structure and species diversity dynamics of a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in China: 2005 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: Here, we characterize the temporal and spatial dynamics of forest community structure and species diversity in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in China. We found that community structure in this forest changed over a 15-year period. Specifically, renewal and death of common species was large, with the renewal of individuals mainly concentrated within a few populations, especially those of Aidia canthioides and Cryptocarya concinna. The numbers of individual deaths for common species were concentrated in the small and mid-diameter level. The spatial distribution of community species diversity fluctuated in each monitoring period, showing a more dispersed diversity after the 15-year study period, and the coefficient of variation on quadrats increased. In 2010, the d

SUBMITTER: Wei SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851295 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature