Microtopography, soil hardness and survival of mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata BL.) seedlings planted in an abandoned tin-mining area

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 243-248

  Komiyama, Akira ^a   Santiean, Tanuwong ^b   Higo, Mutsuki ^a   Patanaponpaiboon, Pipat ^c   Kongsangchai, Jitt ^b   Ogino, Kazuhiko ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Microtopography; Planting experiment; Rehabilitation; Seedling mortality; Soil hardness

Indexed keywords

REVEGETATION; TIN-MINING AREA;

RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0030453780     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03591-5     Document Type: Article

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