Population persistence of a Tertiary relict tree Tetracentron sinense on the Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, China

• Published in: Journal of plant research Vol. 126; no. 5; pp. 651 - 659
• Main Authors: Tang, Cindy Q., Peng, Ming-Chun, He, Long-Yuan, Ohsawa, Masahiko, Wang, Chong-Yun, Xie, Tian-Hua, Li, Wen-Shun, Li, Jia-Ping, Zhang, Hong-Yu, Li, Yong, Yang, Xian-Ming, Li, Guo-Song
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.09.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: age structure; Altitude; bamboos; Biomedical and Life Sciences; broadleaved evergreens; China; conifers; Conservation of Natural Resources; Creeks & streams; Demography; Ecosystem; forest canopy; forests; Freshwater; habitats; Life Sciences; Magnoliopsida; Magnoliopsida - physiology; Mountains; physiology; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Ecology; Plant Leaves; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Physiology; Plant populations; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Population structure; Regeneration; Regular Paper; reproduction; Roadsides; saplings; Seedlings; Seedlings - physiology; Seeds; Slope stability; Slopes; Stream banks; streams; Tetracentron sinense; Time Factors; Trees; Trees - physiology; Understory; valleys; China; Yunnan China; China, People's Rep; Natural disturbance; Regeneration pattern; Canopy gap; Age structure; Tertiary relict
• ISSN: 0918-9440; 1618-0860; 1618-0860
• DOI: 10.1007/s10265-013-0559-1

The persistence of the Tertiary relict tree Tetracentron sinense Oliv. on the eastern slope of the Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, SW China, was here studied in terms of population structure (size, age) and regeneration patterns. T . sinense occurred in unstable habitats by stream banks, on steep slopes, o...