Effects of logging intensity on structure and composition of a broadleaf-Korean pine mixed forest on Changbai Mountains, northeast China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-67

  Wu, Zhijun ^a,b,c   Su, Dongkai ^d   Niu, Lijun ^e   Lewis, Bernard Joseph ^a   Yu, Dapao ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Zhou, Wangming ^a   Wu, Shengnan ^a,c   Dai, Limin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Jilin Forest Industry Group Limited Liability Company   (China)

^e Changbai Mountain Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

broadleaf Korean pine mixed forest; Changbai Mountains; forest structure; logging intensity; species composition

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LOGGING (TIMBER); MIXED FOREST; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS;

PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 84952298534     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-015-0785-7     Document Type: Article

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