Analysis of degraded evergreen broad-leaved forest communities in Eastern China and issues in forest restoration

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1796-1803

  Wang, Xi Hua ^a   Yan, En Rong ^a   Yan, Xiao ^a   Wang, Liang Yan ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tiantong National Forest Park   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Evergreen broad leaved forest; Forest degradation; Seed dispersal; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244457936     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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