Regeneration changes in tree species abundance, diversity and structure in logged and unlogged subtropical rainforest over a 36-year period

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 162-176

  Kariuki, Maina ^a   Kooyman, Robert M ^a,b   Smith, R G B ^c   Wardell Johnson, Grant ^d   Vanclay, Jerome K ^e  

^a Forests Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronological clustering; Disturbance levels; Functional group compositions; Tree diameter distribution

Indexed keywords

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CHRONOLOGICAL CLUSTERING; DISTURBANCE LEVELS; FUNCTIONAL-GROUP COMPOSITIONS; TREE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

BIODIVERSITY; DIAMETER; LOGGING; TREES;

EID: 33751329949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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