Structure and composition of the understory treelets in a non-dipterocarp forest of tropical Asia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-572

  Lü, Xiao Tao ^a   Tang, Jian Wei ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Sapling; Small tree; Species composition; Stature at maturity (SAM); Tropical forest; Understorey plants; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

DIPTEROCARPS; EUPHORBIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MELIACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; UNDERSTOREY; WOODY SPECIES; XISHUANGBANNA;

RAIN; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

MATURATION; RAINFOREST; SAPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; VINE; WOODY PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; RAIN; SAPLINGS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELIACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 77954173925     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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