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Articles | Volume 13, issue 16
Articles | Volume 13, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4627-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4627-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 16
Research article
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17 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 17 Aug 2016

Stand structural diversity rather than species diversity enhances aboveground carbon storage in secondary subtropical forests in Eastern China

Arshad Ali, En-Rong Yan, Han Y. H. Chen, Scott X. Chang, Yan-Tao Zhao, Xiao-Dong Yang, and Ming-Shan Xu

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Stand age demonstrated strong positive total effects, including a positive direct effect (β = 0.41), and a positive indirect effect via stand structural diversity (β = 0.41) on aboveground carbon (C) storage. Stand structural diversity had a positive direct effect on aboveground C storage (β = 0.56), whereas there was little total effect of species diversity as it had a negative direct association with, but had a positive indirect effect, via stand structural diversity, on aboveground C storage.
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