Absence of tree seeds impedes shrubland succession in Southern China

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Wang, J ^a,b   Zou, C ^c   Ren, H ^a   Duan, W J ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degraded grassland; Indigenous species; Restoration; Secondary regeneration

Indexed keywords

DEGRADED GRASSLAND; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION ASSAYS; INDIGENOUS SPECIES; LANDUSE; PRIMARY FACTORS; SECONDARY REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED BANK; SEED SOURCE; SHRUB SPECIES; SHRUBLANDS; SOIL SEED BANK; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE SEEDLINGS; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SEED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GRASS LANDS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68849110236     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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