Seedlings play an important role in the processes of plant community succession. We
compared seedling (dbh< 1 cm) species composition and diversity over a chronosequence …

The seedling stage is a key phase in the regeneration dynamics of forest communities. The
functional diversity of tree seedlings is closely related to the structuring and functioning of …

The seedling stage is generally the most important bottleneck for the successful
regeneration of trees in forests. The traits of seedlings, particularly biomass allocation and …

Logging and intense shifting cultivation have caused major degradation of tropical forests
and loss of biodiversity. Understanding the direct and indirect effects of those land uses on …

We compared species composition and diversity of the soil seed and seedling banks in
three secondary vegetation types (shrubland, Populus bonatii forest, Lithocarpus regrowth …

Abiotic factors are important to shape plant community composition and diversity through
processes described as environmental filtering. Most studies on plant diversity in forests …

Aims A major challenge in studies of tropical forest successional dynamics is to reveal the
relative importance of deterministic versus stochastic processes affecting species …

Soil properties and light availability have been long recognized as fundamental drivers of
species distribution and are especially important during the regeneration phase. The role of …

Understanding the pattern of species diversity and soil factors can enhance our knowledge
of the mechanism of vegetation recovery, however, there is still a gap in the knowledge of …

AimsOur objective was to explore the composition and temporal dynamics of woody plant
seedlings and the ecological processes that affect the amount of seedlings in Jiaohe, Jilin …