Acacia mangium, a nurse tree candidate for reforestation on degraded sandy soils in the Malay Peninsula

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-510

  Norisada, M ^a   Hitsuma, G ^b   Kuroda, K ^c   Yamanoshita, T ^a   Masumori, M ^d   Tange, T ^d   Yagi, H ^e   Nuyim, T ^f   Sasaki, S ^g   Kojima, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Yamanashi Prefectural University   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^g NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipterocarps; Microclimate; Mixed planting; Soil temperature; Southern Thailand

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

DIPTEROCARPS; MIXED PLANTING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN THAILAND;

FORESTRY;

HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATES; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SOIL; TREES;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; DIPTEROCARPUS ALATUS; HOPEA ODORATA; SHOREA ROXBURGHII;

EID: 26844545301     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/51.5.498     Document Type: Article

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