Transformation of a degraded Pinus massoniana plantation into a mixed-species irregular forest: Impacts on stand structure and growth in Southern China

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3199-3221

  Meng, Jinghui ^a   Lu, Yuanchang ^b   Zeng, Ji ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Conifer plantation; Growth pattern; Species composition; Stand structure; Transformation treatments

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CONIFER PLANTATIONS; GROWTH PATTERNS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND STRUCTURES; TRANSFORMATION TREATMENTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

GROWTH; PLANTATIONS; SOFTWOODS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CHINA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84921489480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5123199     Document Type: Article

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