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Response curves of seventeen woody species to soil factors along a riparian forest in northern Iran

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The aim of this study was to determine type of response curves for seventeen woody species (10 tree and 7 shrub species) to soil factors in an intact riparian forest in Safaroud River in northern Iran using HOF function. Data were collected along transects established perpendicular to the water flow on both sides of the river. Results indicated different responses for different woody species. The most common were symmetricunimodal response curves and curves showing an increase in occurrence probability after a certain value in form of a plateau. Bimodal curves were four times more frequent in riverside than forest interior area. It seems that river flow disturbances through frequent floods effect on species tolerance and optimum in riversides.

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  1. Department of Forestry, Natural Resources Faculty, University of Guilan, Somehsara, P.O. Box 1144, Guilan, I.R. of Iran

    Mohammad Naghi Adel, Hassan Pourbabaei & Ali Salehi

  2. Department of Forestry, Natural Resources and Marine Sciences Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Guilan, I.R. of Iran

    Seyed Jalil Alavi

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Adel, M.N., Pourbabaei, H., Alavi, S.J. et al. Response curves of seventeen woody species to soil factors along a riparian forest in northern Iran. Russ J Ecol 48, 219–225 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413617030031

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