Using ecological memory as an indicator to monitor the ecological restoration of four forest plantations in subtropical China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8229-8247

  Sun, Zhongyu ^a   Ren, Hai ^a   Schaefer, Val ^b   Guo, Qinfeng ^c   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem dynamic; Evaluation approach; Forest restoration; Plantation; Reference ecosystem; Succession trajectory

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SOILS; TRAJECTORIES;

CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVALUATION APPROACH; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; FOREST RESTORATION; NATURAL SUCCESSION PROCESS; PLANTATION; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES;

SEED;

MINERAL; SOIL;

BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; CLIMAX COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MEMORY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MIXED BROAD LEAVED PLANTATION; MIXED CONIFEROUS PLANTATION; MIXED LEGUME PLANTATION; MONSOON EVERGREEN BROAD LEAVED FOREST; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; SOIL AGE; SOIL ANIMAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SEED BANK; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TREE;

ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS; EVALUATION; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUCALYPTUS;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FORESTS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84926609172     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4000-6     Document Type: Article

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