Plant functional groups for carbon and nitrogen cycle modelling and diversity estimation in boreal forest ecosystems

• Main Authors: Khanina, Larisa, Bobrovsky, Maxim, Smirnov, Vadim, Lukina, Natalia, Romanov, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena 2018
• Subjects: forest-soil system, ground vegetation, life forms, plant biomass, element concentration; Lukina; taiga
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.22032/dbt.37980; https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00037980

We have developed a system of plant functional groups (PFGs) for modelling dynamics and biodiversity estimation of forest ground vegetation. Species Ellenberg ecological values and phytocoenotic characteristics together with morphological traits were used to classify plant species into the functiona...