Vegetation pattern and woody species composition of a broad-leaved forest at the upstream basin of Nantzuhsienhsi in mid-southern Taiwan

Taiwania

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-337

  Yang, Kuoh Cheng ^a   Lin, Jei Ker ^b   Hsieh, Chang Fu ^c   Huang, Chiang Luen ^b   Chang, Yu Min ^b   Kuan, Li Hao ^d   Su, Jyh Feng ^e   Chiu, Shau Ting ^f  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Forest Ecological Research Center   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Dongshih Forest District Office   (Taiwan)

^e Yushan National Park   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Broad leaved forest; Forest Dynamics Plot; Nantzuhsienhsi; Species composition; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS FORMOSANA; CASTANOPSIS CARLESII; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; FAGACEAE; JAPONICA; LAURACEAE; MACHILUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SCHIMA SUPERBA; THEACEAE;

EID: 55449108437     PISSN: 0372333X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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