Recovery of woody plant diversity in tropical rain forests in southern China after logging and shifting cultivation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-233

  Ding, Yi ^a   Zang, Runguo ^a   Liu, Shirong ^a   He, Fangliang ^b   Letcher, Susan G ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Hainan Island; Species diversity; Succession; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 84856235585     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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