Structural and compositional responses to timber harvesting for an old-growth forest on Changbai Mountain, China - Short Communication

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Gu, H ^a,b   Dai, L ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Forest harvesting; Northeast china; Pinus koraiensis; Species composition; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST HARVESTING; NORTHEAST CHINA; PINUS KORAIENSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND STRUCTURES;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING; VEGETATION TYPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PINUS KORAIENSIS; PLANTS;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANCHI VOLCANO;

MALVACEAE; PINUS KORAIENSIS; TILIA AMURENSIS;

EID: 47049108089     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/20/2008-jfs     Document Type: Article

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