Community characteristics and soil properties of coniferous plantation forest monocultures in the early stages after close-to-nature transformation management in southern subtropical China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2484-2495

  He, Youjun ^a   Liang, Xingyun ^b   Qin, Lin ^b   Li, Zhiyong ^a   Shao, Meixiang ^b   Tan, Ling ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Close to nature transformation; Community structure; Coniferous plantation monocultures; Soil properties; Southern subtropical china; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; THINNING;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; JIANGXI; PINGXIANG;

EID: 84877273467     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201208261204     Document Type: Article

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