Effect of hillslope gradient on vegetation recovery on abandoned land of shifting cultivation in Hainan Island, South China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 642-653

  Ding, Yi ^a   Zang, Run Guo ^a   Jiang, You Xu ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Community structure; Functional groups; Hainan Island; Hillslope gradient; Shifting cultivation; Species diversity; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CULTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HILLSLOPE; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN;

EID: 33744949621     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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