Relative pollen productivity estimates of major plant taxa and relevant source area of pollen in the warm-temperate forest landscape of northern China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Zhang ◽  
Qiang Wei ◽  
Zhen Zhang ◽  
Qinghai Xu ◽  
Weiming Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Warm Temperate Forest ◽  
Pollen Productivity ◽  
Warm Temperate

Mutualistic and predatory interactions are driven by rodent body size and seed traits in a rodent–seed system in warm-temperate forest in northern China

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmao Zhang ◽  
Zhenzhen Wang ◽  
Qinghuan Zeng ◽  
Gang Chang ◽  
Zhenyu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Handling Time ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Seed Traits ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Warm Temperate Forest ◽  
Seed System ◽  
Warm Temperate

Context Mutualistic interactions between animals and plants shape the structure of plant–animal systems and, subsequently, affect plant-community structure and regeneration. Aims To assess the effects of plant and rodent functional traits on the formation of mutualistic and predatory interactions regarding seed dispersal and predation in a warm-temperate forest. Methods Seed scatter-hoarding and predation by six sympatric rodent species on seeds belonging to five sympatric tree species were tested under enclosure conditions. Key results Functional traits (i.e. rodent body size and seed traits) are important to mutualism/predation in this seed–rodent system. The rodent–seed network is highly nested: large-sized rodents have mutualistic or predatory interactions with both large- and small-sized seed species, but small-sized rodents interacted with small-sized seed species only. Large seeds or seeds with hard coats enhanced mutualism and reduced predation. Conclusion Body size of rodents and seed traits such as handling time and nutritional value are key factors in the formation of mutualistic and predatory interactions within seed–rodent systems. Implications To promote seedling establishment in degenerated forests, introducing or protecting large-sized scatter hoarders and reducing the density of pure seed eaters are needed.

PROGRESSIVE NITROGEN LIMITATION OF ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES UNDER ELEVATED CO2IN A WARM-TEMPERATE FOREST

Ecology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien C. Finzi ◽  
David J. P. Moore ◽  
Evan H. DeLucia ◽  
John Lichter ◽  
Kirsten S. Hofmockel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Nitrogen Limitation ◽  
Ecosystem Processes ◽  
Warm Temperate Forest ◽  
Progressive Nitrogen Limitation ◽  
Warm Temperate

Biomass allometric models for understory shrubs of warm temperate forest ecosystem

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
万五星 WAN Wuxing ◽  
王效科 WANG Xiaoke ◽  
李东义 LI Dongyi ◽  
冯学全 FENG Xuequan ◽  
张千千 ZHANG Qianqian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Allometric Models ◽  
Warm Temperate Forest ◽  
Understory Shrubs ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
Temperate Forest Ecosystem
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