Study on canopy disturbance regime and mechanism of tree species diversity maintenance in the lowersubtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, South China

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-250

  Run Guo, Zang ^a   Bo Sun, Wang ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy disturbance; Gap dynamics; Gap environment; Gap regeneration; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036348399     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500212331351149     Document Type: Article

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