History of disturbance and regeneration strategies of Fagus engleriana and Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata forests in Shennongjia, Hubei Province

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 887-892

  He, Jin Sheng ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Chen, Wei Lie ^a   Chen, Ling Zhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Fagus engleriana; Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata; Regeneration strategies; Release; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; REGENERATION;

CHINA;

FAGUS ENGLERIANA; QUERCUS ALIENA;

EID: 0033388629     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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