Secondary succession in two subtropical forests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Li, X ^a   Wilson, S D ^a   Song, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Density; Soils; Subtropical evergreen broad leaved forest; Succession

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; HARVESTING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032822388     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009806512601     Document Type: Article

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