Factors affecting the snow and wind induced damage of a montane secondary forest in Northeastern China

Silva Fennica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-51

  Zhu, Jiao Jun ^a   Li, Xiu Fen ^a,b   Liu, Zu Gen ^a,b   Cao, Wei ^a   Gonda, Yutaka ^c   Matsuzaki, Takeshi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed forests; Secondary forests; Snow and wind damages; Stand structure; Stem breakage; Uprooting

Indexed keywords

SNOW; WIND EFFECTS;

MIXED FORESTS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SNOW AND WIND DAMAGES; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM BREAKAGE; UPROOTING;

FORESTRY;

DAMAGE; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SNOW; WIND;

FORESTRY; SNOW; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ACER; ACER MONO; BETULA COSTATA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; ULMUS; ULMUS LACINIATA;

EID: 33645372283     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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