Effects of Canopy Litter Removal on Canopy Structure, Understory Light and Vegetation Dynamics in

Lili Zhou, Lixian Zhang, Qi Liu, Yulong Chen, Zongming He, Shubin Li, Xiangqing Ma

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lili ZhouCollege of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4315-4715

Lixian ZhangResearch Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China.

Qi LiuForestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.

Yulong ChenCollege of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.

Zongming HeForestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.ORCID 0009-0008-3948-6075

Shubin LiForestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.

Xiangqing MaForestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.

Funding

the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund KFB24063the Fujian Forestry Science and Technology Program 2025FKJ22the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32271864the Research Project of Fashu Foundation MFK24035

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prolonged retention of senescent branches and needles (canopy litter) in

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canopy structureCunninghamia lanceolatalight conditionsmarcescent speciesspecies richnessstand densityunderstory diversity

Identifiers

PMID41157702

DOI10.3390/plants14203144

PMCPMC12566832

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