Relationships between functional traits and the ability of forest tree species to reestablish in secondary forest and enrichment plantations in the uplands of northern Thailand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 296, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-23

  Asanok, Lamthai ^a,b   Marod, Dokrak ^c   Duengkae, Prateep ^c   Pranmongkol, Umpron ^d   Kurokawa, Hiroko ^a   Aiba, Masahiro ^a   Katabuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Enrichment plantation; Forest restoration after shifting cultivation; Natural regeneration; Recruitment limitation; Tree functional traits; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; NATURAL REGENERATION; RECRUITMENT LIMITATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATIONS; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; HARDWOODS; RESTORATION;

REFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; MONTANE FOREST; PLANTATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION;

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; HARDWOODS; NATURAL REFORESTATION; NUTRIENTS; PLANTATIONS; RESTORATION; THAILAND; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND;

EID: 84874512728     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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