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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Altitudinal Variations in Coniferous Vegetation and Soil Carbon Storage in Kalam Temperate Forest, Pakistan.

Bilal Muhammad, Umer Hayat, Lakshmi Gopakumar, Shuangjiang Xiong, Jamshid Ali, Muhammad Tariq Badshah, Saif Ullah, Arif Ur Rehman, Qun Yin, Zhongkui Jia

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Bilal MuhammadState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0281-2638
Umer HayatState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insect and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7830-8361
Lakshmi GopakumarPost Doctoral Fellow, National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health CUSAT, Ernakulam 682016, Kerala, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5372-1827
Shuangjiang XiongState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Jamshid AliState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Muhammad Tariq BadshahForest Management, School of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4447-4091
Saif UllahKey Laboratory of Soil Ecology and Health in Universities of Yunnan Province, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0009-0008-8287-3775
Arif Ur RehmanAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1620-1400
Qun YinState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1804-2682
Zhongkui JiaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.

Funding

Effects of spatial variability and biological factors on trunk respiration of Larix principis-rupprechtii and its internal mechanism 31870387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the complex interplay among altitudinal gradients, tree species diversity, structural attributes, and soil carbon (C) is critical for effective coniferous forest management and climate change mitigation. This study addresses a knowledge gap by investigating the effects of altitudinal gradient on coniferous tree diversity, biomass, carbon stock, regeneration, and soil organic carbon storage (SOCs) in the understudied temperate forests of the Hindu-Kush Kalam Valley. Using 120 sample plots 20 × 20 m (400 m

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climate changeforest ecosystemregenerationspecies distributionvegetation dynamics

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