Evergreen broad-leaved forest in Eastern China: Its ecology and conservation and the importance of resprouting in forest restoration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 76-87

  Wang, Xi Hua ^a   Kent, Martin ^b   Fang, Xiao Feng ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Forest degradation; Forest management; Persistence niche; Succession; Two way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN)

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; SEED; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (CCA); FOREST DEGRADATION; PERSISTENCE NICHE; TWO-WAY INDICATOR SPECIES ANALYSIS (TWINSPAN);

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERSISTENCE; RESPROUTING; SEED BANK; SUCCESSION;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248659382     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.043     Document Type: Article

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