Interactions between native tree species and a dominant shrub Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-464

  Liu, N ^a   Ren, H ^a   Yang, L ^b   Yuan, S F ^a   Wang, J ^a   Sun, Z Y ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Nurse plant; Reforestation; Restoration; Subtropical degraded shrubland; Woody plant

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESTORATION; HILLY LANDS; NATIVE TREE SPECIES; NURSE PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; RESPONSE CURVES; SEEDLING GROWTH; SHRUBLANDS; SILVICULTURAL TECHNIQUE; SOUTH CHINA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE SPECIES; WOODY PLANTS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NURSING; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; HILL; INHIBITOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LAND DEGRADATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NURSE PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SILVICULTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

MICHELIA MACCLUREI; PINUS ELLIOTTII; RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA; SCHIMA SUPERBA;

EID: 84871181879     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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