Health assessment on forest ecosystem by using integrated compose index (ICI)

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1725-1733

  Chen, Gao ^a   Deng, Hong Bing ^b   Dai, Li Min ^c   Wu, Gang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Broad leaved and Korean pine mixed forest; Disturbance; Ecosystem health; Integrated compose index

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES NEPHROLEPIS; ACER; ACER MONO; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; MALVACEAE; PINUS KORAIENSIS; TILIA AMURENSIS;

EID: 23244441593     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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