Analysing tree species and size diversity patterns in multi-species uneven-aged forests of Northern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 316, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-138

  Hui, G ^a   Pommerening, A ^b,c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Mark differentiation; Mark mingling; Non spatial diversity measure; Relative abundance; Spatial diversity measures; Species saturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893917546     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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