Plant Recruitment in Early Development Stages on Rehabilitated Quarries in Hong Kong

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-173

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Zhuang, Xueying ^b   Chu, L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological rehabilitation; Natives; Natural revegetation; Overstory vegetation; Quarries; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLORISTICS; NATIVE SPECIES; OVERSTORY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ACACIA;

EID: 84874774893     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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