Growth of bamboo Fargesia qinlingensis and regeneration of trees in a mixed hardwood-conifer forest in the Qinling Mountains, China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 107-115

  Wang, Wei ^a   Franklin, Scott B ^a   Ren, Yi ^b   Ouellette, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Memphis Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Density; Diversity; Plasticity; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLONAL PLANT; CONIFER FORESTS; DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL PLASTICITY;

FORESTRY;

BAMBOO; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

DENSITY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLASTICITY; REFORESTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; ABIES FARGESII; ACER; ACER MAXIMOWICZIANUM; BETULA ALBOSINENSIS; BETULA UTILIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FARGESIA; MALUS BACCATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS;

EID: 33748762230     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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