Research advance in response of forest seedling regeneration to light environmental heterogeneity

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-370

  Chen, Shengbin ^a   Song, Aiqin ^a   Li, Zhenji ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Forest; Forest succession; Light environmental heterogeneity; Seedling regeneration

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT; REGENERATION; REVEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

EID: 25844480834     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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