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Ecological functions of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystem

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Coarse woody debris is an important structure and function unit in forest ecosystem. This review analyzed the ecological functions of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystem and introduced several hotspots and existing problems in coarse woody debris research field. It is suggested that quantitative research should be intensified in the ecological demands of coarse woody debris for providing a technical guidelines in management of productivity, biodiversity and other ecological processes.

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    Wu Jia-bing, Guan De-xin, Han Shi-jie, Zhang Mi & Jin Chang-jie

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Foundation item: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30370293), Open Fund for the Research Station of Changbai Mountain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Science Frontiers Project of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Biography: WU Jia-bing (1977-), male, Ph.D candidate in Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.

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Jia-bing, W., De-xin, G., Shi-jie, H. et al. Ecological functions of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystem. Journal of Forestry Research 16, 247–252 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856826

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