Establishment and early growth of introduced indigenous tree species in typical plantations and shrubland in South China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1293-1300

  Wang, Jun ^a,b   Ren, Hai ^a   Yang, Long ^a,b   Duan, Wenjun ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Colonization; Indigenous tree species; Litter; Seedling performance; Transplanting; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INDIGENOUS TREE SPECIES; LITTER; SEEDLING PERFORMANCE; TRANSPLANTING; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERMITTIVITY; POTASSIUM; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUBLAND; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FOREST LITTER; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; SEEDLINGS; TRANSMITTANCE; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CASTANOPSIS CHINENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS; MICHELIA CHAPENSIS; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA RUBRA;

EID: 68949096596     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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