Effects of human disturbances on Korean pine coverage and age structure at a landscape scale in Northeast China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 375-379

  Zhao, Fuqiang ^a   He, Hongshi ^a,b   Dai, Limin ^a   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Changbai mountain; Disturbance; Forest management; Seed harvest; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MULTIPLE INTENSITIES; SIMULATION APPROACH; TIMBER HARVESTS; AGE STRUCTURES; LANDSCAPE SCALE; NORTHEAST CHINA;

HARVESTING; FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; TREE;

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MOUNTAINS; SEEDS;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA;

PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 84905915582     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.072     Document Type: Article

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