Edge effects on soil seed banks and understory vegetation in subtropical and tropical forests in Yunnan, SW China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1344-1352

  Lin, Luxiang ^a   Cao, Min ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological group; Invasion; Non forest species; Primary forest species; Secondary forest species

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SEED; SOILS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL GROUP; INVASION; NON-FOREST SPECIES; PRIMARY FOREST SPECIES; SECONDARY FOREST SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED BANK; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; SEEDS; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

LITHOCARPUS XYLOCARPUS; SHOREA;

EID: 58649093962     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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