Effects of forest gap on herbaceous plant diversity in mixed birch-fir forest of Taibai Mountain

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2494-2500

  Qin, Xiao Wei ^a,b   Wang, De Xiang ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Yang, Gai He ^a,b   Ren, Xue Min ^a,b   Zhao, Shuang Xi ^a   Bai, Yu ^a,b   Liu, Zhen Xue ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaanxi Research Center for Recycling Agricultural Engineering Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Birch fir mixed forest; Forest gap; Gap partitioning; Herbaceous species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAP DYNAMICS; HERB; MIXED FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ABIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRCH; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE;

ABIES; BETULA; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; TAIBAI MOUNTAIN;

ABIES;

EID: 77958190759     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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