Understanding and assisting natural regeneration processes in degraded seasonal evergreen forests in northern Thailand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 203-214

  Hardwick, Kate ^a   Healey, John ^a   Elliott, Stephen ^b   Garwood, Nancy ^c   Anusarnsunthorn, Vilaiwan ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted natural regeneration; Forest restoration; Seasonal tropical forest; Seed germination; Seedling establishment; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030690958     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00206-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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