Appropriate Removal of Forest Litter is Beneficial to Pinus tabuliformis Carr. Regeneration in a Pine and Oak Mixed Forest in the Qinling Mountains, China

• Published in: Forests Vol. 10; no. 9; p. 735
• Main Authors: Huo, Xueying, Wang, Dexiang, Bing, Deye, Li, Yuanze, Kang, Haibin, Yang, Hang, Wei, Guoren, Chao, Zhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Adsorption; allelochemicals; Allelopathy; amyloid; amyloid beta-peptides; Ashes; Biodiversity; Carbon; China; Coniferous forests; Ecological niches; Experiments; forest litter; forest stands; Forests; Germination; High performance liquid chromatography; Influence; irrigation; Liquid chromatography; liquids; Litter; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Mixed forests; Morphological indexes; Mountains; natural regeneration; niches; Nonnative species; Oak; Performance indices; phosphates; Pine; Pine trees; Pinus armandii; Pinus tabuliformis; Plant species; Quercus; Regeneration; Seed germination; Seeding; Seedlings; Seeds; sowing; Species; spectroscopy; Trees; β-Amyloid; Qinling Mountains; China

Research Highlights: Natural regeneration is important in pine–oak mixed forests (Pinus armandii Franch., Pinus tabuliformis Carr., and Quercus aliena Bl. var. acuteserrata Maxim.ex Wenz.), but allelopathy as a limiting factor has not been studied. Our research provides insights into allelopathy in...