Population changes of early successional forest species after shifting cultivation in Northwestern Vietnam

New Forests

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-262

  van Do, Tran ^a,b,c   Osawa, Akira ^a   Toan Thang, Nguyen ^b   Ba Van, Nguyen ^b   Thanh Hang, Bui ^b   Quoc Khanh, Cam ^b   Thi Thao, Le ^b   Xuan Tuan, Diep ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forest Science Institute of Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal area; Crown area; Fallow age; Old growth forest; Secondary forest regrowth

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CROWN AREA; FALLOW AGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST REGROWTH;

ECOLOGY; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CENSUS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FALLOW; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGROWTH; SAPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; STEM; SUCCESSION;

BASAL AREA; CAMELLIA; CROWNS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LITHOCARPUS; SCHIMA; SURVEYS; WENDLANDIA;

VIET NAM;

CAMELLIA; LITHOCARPUS; SCHIMA WALLICHII; WENDLANDIA;

EID: 79951775378     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9225-9     Document Type: Article

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