Structure and regeneration dynamics of dominant tree species along altitudinal gradient in a dry valley slopes of the Bhutan Himalaya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 136-150

  Wangda, Pema ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a  

^a Graduate School of Frontier Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Disturbance regime; Environmental gradient; Population structure

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DISTURBANCE REGIME; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CATTLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SLOPE ANGLE; STRATIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALLEY;

FORESTRY; SOFTWOODS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

ABIES; ABIES DENSA; BOS TAURUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS RECURVA; OXYODON; PINUS ROXBURGHII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GLAUCA; QUERCUS GRIFFITHII; QUERCUS LANATA; QUERCUS SEMECARPIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM; TSUGA; TSUGA DUMOSA;

EID: 33745205639     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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