Pathways and determinants of early spontaneous vegetation succession in degraded lowland of South China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-156

  Duan, Wen Jun ^a,b   Ren, Hai ^a   Fu, Sheng Lei ^a   Guo, Qin Feng ^c   Wang, Jun ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degraded lowland; Ecological restoration; Soil; Spontaneous succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAND DEGRADATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 40149083568     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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