Survival and development of Liaodong oak stump sprouts in the Huanglong Mountains of China six years after three partial harvests

New Forests

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Rong, Li ^a,b   Wenhui, Zhang ^a   Jingfeng, He ^a   Jianyun, Zhou ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Leave tree; Quercus liaotungensis Koidz; Shelterwood

Indexed keywords

CROWN CLOSURES; FIRST YEAR; GROWING SEASON; HEIGHT GROWTH; LEAVE-TREE; PARTIAL HARVEST; POSTHARVEST; QUERCUS; RESIDUAL BASAL AREA; SECONDARY FORESTS; SELF-THINNING; SHELTERWOOD; SHELTERWOODS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY;

HARVESTING;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; SECONDARY FOREST; SELF THINNING; STEM; SURVIVAL;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; TREES;

CHINA; HUANGLONG VALLEY; SICHUAN;

QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA;

EID: 84871656225     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-011-9299-z     Document Type: Article

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