Community Structure and Survival of Tertiary Relict Thuja sutchuenensis (Cupressaceae) in the Subtropical Daba Mountains, Southwestern China.

A rare coniferous Tertiary relict tree species, Thuja sutchuenensis Franch, has survived in the Daba Mountains of southwestern China. It was almost eliminated by logging during the past century. We measured size and age structures and interpreted regeneration dynamics of stands of the species in a v...

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Main Authors: Cindy Q Tang, Yongchuan Yang, Masahiko Ohsawa, Arata Momohara, Si-Rong Yi, Kevin Robertson, Kun Song, Shi-Qiang Zhang, Long-Yuan He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4415794?pdf=render