Eight hundred years of clonal forestry in China: I. Traditional afforestation with Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.)

New Forests

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Minghe, Li ^a   Ritchie, Gary A ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation by cuttings; Clonal selection; Forest history; International forestry; Stecklings; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CLONE; CUTTING; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION;

AFFORESTATION; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION;

CHINA;

ABIES; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; INSECTA; LANCEOLATA;

EID: 0032828381     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006558900234     Document Type: Article

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