Species diversity is a crucial index used to evaluate the stability and complexity of forest ecosystems. Studying relationship between stand structure understory herbaceous plants species useful for managers formulate best optimization method with goal improving diversity. In this research, Platycladus orientalis plantations in Beijing were taken as research object. Pearson’s correlation analys...

Male and female leaves and fruits of eleven different taxons of Iranian conifers (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. sempervirens, C. sempervirens cv. Cereifeormis, Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica, J. excelsa subsp. excelsa, J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos, J. foetidissima, J. oblonga, J. sabina, Platycladus orientalis and Taxus baccata) were collected from diff...

Male and female leaves and fruits of eleven different taxons of Iranian conifers (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. sempervirens, C. sempervirens cv. Cereifeormis, Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica, J. excelsa subsp. excelsa, J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos, J. foetidissima, J. oblonga, J. sabina, Platycladus orientalis and Taxus baccata) were collected from diff...

Tree water transport and utilization are essential for maintaining ecosystem stability in seasonally arid areas. However, it is not clear how Platycladus orientalis absorbs, consumes via transpiration, stores under varying precipitation conditions. Therefore, this study used stem sap flow thermal dissipation probes hydrogen oxygen isotope tracing technology to observe different control treatmen...