Forest damage induced by wind/snow: A review

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-157

  Li, Xiu Fen ^a,b   Zhu, Jiao Jun ^a,b   Wang, Qing Li ^a   Liu, Zu Gen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Forests; Stand managementions; Wind snow damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844292612     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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