Regeneration, recovery and succession of a Pinus yunnanensis community five years after a mega-fire in central Yunnan, China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-196

  Tang, Cindy Q ^a   He, Long Yuan ^a   Su, Wen Hua ^a   Zhang, Guang Fei ^a   Wang, Huan Chong ^a   Peng, Ming Chun ^a   Wu, Zhao Lu ^a   Wang, Chong Yun ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mega fire; Pinus yunnanensis; Recovery; Regeneration; Successional trend; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

MEGA-FIRE; PINUS YUNNANENSIS; REGENERATION; SUCCESSIONAL TREND; YUNNAN;

FIRES; RECOVERY;

REFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPLOITATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUELWOOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SHRUBLAND;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS ORTHACANTHA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS DEALBATUS; PINUS YUNNANENSIS;

EID: 84875055674     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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