The influence of the bamboo Yushania microphylla on regeneration of Abies densa in central Bhutan

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1518-1527

  Gratzer, G ^a   Rai, P B ^b   Glatzel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Forest Ecology Unit   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS;

ABIES; ABIES DENSA; CONIFERALES; YUSHANIA; YUSHANIA MICROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033305953     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-29-10-1518     Document Type: Article

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