Successional process of Picea crassifolia forest after logging disturbance in semiarid mountains: A case study in the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-402

  He, Zhibin ^a   Zhao, Wenzhi ^a   Liu, Hu ^a   Zhang, Zhihui ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Logging disturbance; Picea crassifolia forest; Qilian Mountains; Successional process

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST COMMUNITY; FOREST STRUCTURE; GROWTH RELEASE; LOGGING DISTURBANCE; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PRIMARY FOREST; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND STRUCTURES; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TREE RINGS; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

LANDFORMS;

REFORESTATION;

AGE DETERMINATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOGGING (TIMBER); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEMIARID REGION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TREE RING;

DENSITY; GROWTH; LOGGING; MOUNTAINS; PICEA; REFORESTATION; REMOVAL; SELECTIVE CUTTING;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77954814377     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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