Identification of functional groups in an old-growth tropical montane rain forest on Hainan Island, China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1820-1830

  Deng, Fuying ^a   Zang, Runguo ^a   Chen, Boping ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Functional group; Functional traits; Mountain slope forest stands; Old growth tropical montane rain forest; Ravine forest stands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; MOUNTAIN SLOPE FOREST STANDS; OLD-GROWTH TROPICAL MONTANE RAIN FORESTS; RAVINE FOREST STANDS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONTANE FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; TWINSPAN;

BIODIVERSITY; E I S; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; WOOD DENSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN;

EID: 39749188282     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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