Dendroecological study of a subalpine fir (Abies fargesii) forest in the Qinling Mountains, China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Dang, Haishan ^a   Jiang, Mingxi ^a   Zhang, Yanjun ^a   Dang, Gaodi ^b   Zhang, Quanfa ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Foping National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Disturbance; Growth release; Subalpine fir forest; The Qinling Mountains

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND DYNAMICS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; ABIES FARGESII; ABIES LASIOCARPA; BETULA ALBOSINENSIS; FARGESIA SPATHACEA;

EID: 59849099846     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9491-1     Document Type: Article

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