A review of the impacts of hurricanes and typhoons on forest ecosystems in coastal areas

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5337-5344

  Tong, Chuan ^a   Yang, Yu Sheng ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen cycling; Ecological impact; Forest ecosystem; Hurricane; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955942406     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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