Exotic pinus carbaea causes soil quality to deteriorate on former abandoned land compared to an indigenous podocarpus plantation in the tropical Forest area of southern China

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Wei, Yan Chang ^a,b   Ouyang, Zhi Yun ^a   Miao, Hong ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Soil nutrients; Soil quality; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BULK DENSITY; DETERIORATION INDEX; HAINAN PROVINCE; LAND USE TYPE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; NATURAL REGENERATION; NATURE RESERVES; PINE PLANTATIONS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOUTHERN CHINA; SURFACE SOIL; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; DETERIORATION; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ABANDONED LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST CANOPY; LAND USE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CHINA; FORESTS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; PODOCARPUS; SOIL; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

DACRYCARPUS IMBRICATUS; PINUS CARIBAEA; PODOCARPUS;

EID: 70350645224     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-009-0130-z     Document Type: Article

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