Seed and microsite limitation for seedling recruitment of Quercus wutaishanica on Mt. Ziwuling, Loess Plateau, China

New Forests

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Guo, H ^a   Wang, X A ^a   Zhu, Z H ^a   Wang, S X ^a   Guo, J C ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conifer plantation; Grassland; Loess Plateau; Oak forest; Quercus wutaishanica; Seed sowing

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS;

CONIFER PLANTATIONS; GRASSLAND; LOESS PLATEAU; OAK FORESTS; QUERCUS; SEED SOWING;

SEED;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; LITTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED; SEEDLING; SOWING;

EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; QUERCUS; SEEDING; SEEDS; SOFTWOODS;

CHINA; SHAANXI; ZIWULING MOUNTAIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS TABULIFORMIS; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA;

EID: 78650523115     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9215-y     Document Type: Article

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