Effects of artificial afforestation and successional stage on a lowland forest bird community in southern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1738-1749

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Han, Richou ^c   Zou, Fasheng ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c South China Institute of Endangered Animals   (China)

Author keywords

Avifaunal; Forest succession; Reforestation; Southern China; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL AFFORESTATION; AVIFAUNAL; BIRD COMMUNITIES; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CANOPY COVER; DEAD TREES; FOREST SPECIES; FOREST SUCCESSION; FORESTRY PRACTICES; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; LOGGING CYCLE; MASSON PINE; MATURE FOREST; MEAN DENSITY; MIXED FORESTS; NATURE RESERVES; OLD-GROWTH; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND LEVELS; STRUCTURE CHANGE; SUBTROPICAL MONSOON FOREST; SUBTROPICS; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); REVEGETATION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; BIRD; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CHINA; FORESTATION; FORESTS; LOGGING; PINUS MASSONIANA; TROPICS;

CHINA; DINGHUSHAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; GUANGDONG;

AVES; TIMALIIDAE;

EID: 79955021770     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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