Quantitative analysis of urban forest structure: A case study on Shenyang arboretum

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2090-2094

  Zhu, Wenquan ^a,b   He, Xingyuan ^a   Chen, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Yunhao ^b   Zhang, Yue ^a   Ning, Zhuhua ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Structure; Urban forests; Vegetation quantity

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TREE;

CITY PLANNING; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; SHENYANG;

PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 0347900527     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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