Effects of thinning on species diversity and composition of understory herbs in a larch plantation

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1201-1207

  Mao, Zhihong ^a,b   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a   Liu, Zugen ^a,b   Tan, Hui ^a,b   Cao, Bo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Shenyang Forestry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Composition; Diversity; Herb; Light; Thinning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; HERB; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING; TREE; UNDERSTORY;

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EID: 33845473077     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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