Understory plant species diversity and hydrological effect of Pinus tabulaeformis plantations with different stand densities in Loess Plateau of Western Shanxi, China

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1083-1090

  Li, Min yi ^a   Zhang, Jian jun ^a,b   Guo, Bao ni ^a   Huang, Ming ^a   Ru, Hao ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrological effect; Pinus tabulaeformis plantation; Plant species diversity; Stand density

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOHYDROLOGY; LITTER; PLANTATION; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHANXI;

EID: 84940313612     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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