Changes in vegetation after 22 years' natural restoration in the Karst disturbed area in northwestern Guangxi, China

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5110-5119

  Zeng, Fuping ^a,b   Peng, Wanxia ^a,b   Song, Tongqing ^a,b   Wang, Kelin ^a,b   Wu, Haiyong ^a,b,c   Song, Xijuan ^a,b,d   Zeng, Zhaoxia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

community succession; disturbance; Karst area; natural vegetation; vegetation characteristics

Indexed keywords

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EID: 38549098685     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(08)60016-5     Document Type: Article

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