Effects of thinning on early seed regeneration of two broadleaved tree species in larch plantations: Implication for converting pure larch plantations into larch-broadleaved mixed forests

Forestry

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 573-585

  Gang, Qun ^a,b   Yan, Qiaoling ^a,c   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SEED; SURVIVAL; THINNING; TOPSOIL;

CHINA;

FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; LARIX;

EID: 84950144325     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpv025     Document Type: Article

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