Structural complexity and large‐sized trees explain shifting species richness and carbon relationship across vegetation types - Mensah, Sylvanus; Salako, Valère K.; Seifert, Thomas; Ostertag, Rebecca (Functional ecology, 2020)
Keywords: Carbon; climate; Complexity; data collection; ecosystems; Environmental conditions; environmental factors; Forests; information; inventories; larger trees; Mediation; natural resources conservation; Natural vegetation; Nature conservation; niche complementarity; Plantations; Savannahs; savannas; shrubs; species diversity; Species richness; stand structures; stocking rate; structural equation model; Structural equation modeling; Terrestrial environments; Trees; Vegetation; Western Africa; Woodlands; Western Africa