Do canopy disturbances drive forest plantations into more natural conditions? - A case study from Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Viet Nam

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-258

  Vogt, Juliane ^a   Kautz, Markus ^b   Fontalvo Herazo, Martha Liliana ^c   Triet, Tran ^d   Walther, Denny ^e   Saint Paul, Ulrich ^c   Diele, Karen ^c   Berger, Uta ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy disturbance; Forest structure; Lightning strike gap; Mangrove model KIWI; Mangrove plantation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY DISTURBANCE; FOREST STRUCTURE; LIGHTNING STRIKES; MANGROVE MODEL KIWI; MANGROVE PLANTATION;

BIRDS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FRUITS; LIGHTNING; REMOTE SENSING;

REFORESTATION;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANOPY; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIGHTNING; MANGROVE; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DECLINE; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; STAND STRUCTURE; UNESCO; VULNERABILITY;

CAN GIO MANGROVE BIOSPHERE RESERVE; VIET NAM;

RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84888293761     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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