Regeneration patterns and tree species coexistence in old-growth Abies-Picea forests in southwestern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 303-317

  Taylor, Alan H ^a   Shi Wei, Jang ^b   Lian Jun, Zhao ^b   Chun Ping, Liang ^b   Chang Jin, Miao ^b   Jinyan, Huang ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wang Lang Natural Reserve   (China)

^c China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; Bamboo; Disturbance; Forest dynamics; Giant panda; Regeneration; Size structure; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS;

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; REGENERATION PATTERNS; SPECIES LIFE HISTORY;

FORESTRY;

COEXISTENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION;

ABIES FAXONIANA; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PICEA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ABIES; ABIES FAXONIANA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; BETULA; BETULA SP.; BETULA UTILIS; PICEA; PICEA PURPUREA;

EID: 32344436194     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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