Understory plant diversity assessment of Eucalyptus plantations over three vegetation types in Yunnan, China

New Forests

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-116

  Wang, Hua Feng ^a   Lencinas, María Vanessa ^b   Friedman, Cynthia Ross ^c   Wang, Xiao Ke ^a   Qiu, Jiang Xiao ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Assessment; Eucalyptus plantation; Plant diversity; Secondary evergreen forests; Understory

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FARMLAND; ASSESSMENT; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION; PLANT DIVERSITY; SECONDARY EVERGREEN FORESTS; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FARMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATING; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERB; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONOCULTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANTATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERSTORY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS; EVALUATION; MOISTURE; PLANTS; RATING; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 79957971989     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9240-x     Document Type: Article

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