Spatial distributions of species in an old-growth temperate forest, northeastern China

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1011-1019

  Wang, Xugao ^a   Ye, Ji ^a   Li, Buhang ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Lin, Fei ^a   Hao, Zhanqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS SPECIES; CANOPY LAYER; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; OLD-GROWTH; RARE SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SELF-THINNING; SIZE CLASS; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONSPECIFIC; HETEROGENEITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SELF THINNING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPACING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

DISTRIBUTION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; SEEDS; SIZE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77953214225     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-056     Document Type: Article

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