Functional diversity and identity influence the self-thinning process in young forest communities
Here is Jon's latest paper on IDENT in collaboration with Christian Messier, William S. Keeton, Michaël Belluau and Alain Paquette.
This study highlights that increasing tree diversity has the potential to enhance forest productivity in the long term through a better performance during the self-thinning process when competition for resources is most intense.
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