Gender-related distributions of Fraxinus mandshurica in secondary and old-growth forests

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Zhao, Xiuhai ^a   Gao, Lushuang ^a   Gadow, Klaus von ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Fraxinus mandshurica; Sex ratio; Spatial segregation

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

CHINA;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA;

EID: 73649083648     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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