Variation in vegetation structure and soil properties, and the relation between understory plants and environmental variables under different phyllostachys pubescens forests in Southeastern China

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 779-792

  Zhang, Changshun ^a   Xie, Gaodi ^a   Fan, Shaohui ^b   Zhen, Lin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Biodiversity; Cunninghamia lanceolata; Phyllostachys pubescens; Soil improvement; Soil physicochemical properties; Southeastern China; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PUBESCENS; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

FERTILIZER;

BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CHINESE FIR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STAND; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLLOSTACHYS PUBESCENS; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; POACEAE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERSTOREY; VEGETATION;

BAMBUSA; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CUNNINGHAMIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; SOIL;

BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; JATROPHA CURCAS; PHYLLOSTACHYS PUBESCENS; SCHIMA SUPERBA;

EID: 77952091602     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9429-y     Document Type: Article

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