Short-term effects of the management intensities on structure dynamic in monoculture forests of southern subtropical China

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 187-200

  Jiang, Jun ^a   Lu, Yuanchang ^a   Pang, Lifeng ^a   Liu, Xianzhao ^a   Cai, Daoxiong ^a   Xing, Haitao ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Management intensity; Management strategies; Monoculture plantation; Stand structure dynamic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925356152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291500800115     Document Type: Article

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