Comparison of spatial patterns of soil seed banks between larch plantations and adjacent secondary forests in Northeast China: Implication for spatial distribution of larch plantations

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1747-1754

  Yan, Qiaoling ^a,b   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,b   Gang, Qun ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Edge effect; Litter depth; Natural regeneration capability; Seed invasion

Indexed keywords

CANOPY OPENNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EDGE EFFECT; LITTER DEPTH; NATURAL REGENERATION; NATURAL SECONDARY FORESTS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

ECOSYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

REFORESTATION;

ACER; ACER MONO; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS RYNCHOPHYLLA; LARIX;

EID: 84888004869     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0920-y     Document Type: Article

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