Forest and forest succession in Hong Kong, China

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 857-866

  Zhuang, Xue Ying ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Forest; Hong Kong; Secondary forest; Succession; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

FENG SHUI; FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; HONG KON;

LAURACEAE; PERSEA;

EID: 0342682065     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400011032     Document Type: Article

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