Rehabilitating degraded forest land in central Vietnam with mixed native species plantings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 358-365

  McNamara, Sean ^a   Tinh, Duong Viet ^b   Erskine, Peter D ^a   Lamb, David ^a   Yates, David ^a   Brown, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Acacia; Fire; Hopea odorata; Imperata cylindrical; Nurse crop; Reforestation; Shade requirements; Under planting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HOPEA ODORATA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICAL; NURSE CROPS; SHADE REQUIREMENTS; UNDER PLANTING;

REFORESTATION;

DEGRADATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FIELD METHOD; FOREST SOIL; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; NATIVE SPECIES; NURSE PLANT; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION;

ACACIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FARM CROPS; FIRES; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; DIPTEROCARPUS ALATUS; HOPEA ODORATA; IMPERATA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; PARASHOREA; PARASHOREA CHINENSIS; PELTOPHORUM; POACEAE; SCAPHIUM LYCHNOPHORUM;

EID: 33748680629     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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