Species diversity and regeneration of old-growth seasonally dry Shorea robusta forests following gap formation

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Sapkota, Indra Prasad ^a   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Odén, Per Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Nepal; Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; REFORESTATION;

'DRY' [; CANOPY GAPS; GAP FORMATION; GAP SIZE; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; MULTIPLE TREES; NEPAL; OLD-GROWTH; SAL (SHOREA ROBUSTA GAERTN. F.) FOREST; SEEDLING DENSITY;

VEGETATION;

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

SHOREA ROBUSTA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA;

EID: 58449125265     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-009-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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