Plant diversity of secondary forests in response to anthropogenic disturbance levels in montane regions of northeastern China

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 403-416

  Zhu, Jiaojun ^a   Mao, Zhihong ^a,b   Hu, Lile ^a,b   Zhang, Jinxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Disturbance level; Montane regions; Plant diversity; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PLANT DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; PLANTS; SECONDARY FOREST;

ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA;

EID: 36448932377     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-007-0033-9     Document Type: Article

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