Population structure of relict Metasequoia glyptostroboides and its habitat fragmentation and degradation in south-central China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-289

  Tang, Cindy Q ^a   Yang, Yongchuan ^b   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^c   Momohara, Arata ^d   Hara, Masatoshi ^e   Cheng, Shaolin ^f   Fan, Shenghou ^g  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f Hubei Xingdoushan Nature Reserve   (China)

^g Lichuan Metasequoia Management Office   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Conservation; Metasequoia glyptostroboides; Size structure; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; CULTIVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION SIZE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA; HUBEI; HUNAN;

METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES;

EID: 78751470046     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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