Propagation of native tree species to restore subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in SW China

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Yang ^a,b,c   Ranjitkar, Sailesh ^b   Xu, Jian Chu ^b   Ou, Xiao Kun ^a   Zhou, Ying Zai ^e   Ye, Jian Fang ^e   Wu, Xun Feng ^f   Weyerhaeuser, Horst ^g   He, Jun ^b,d,h  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (China)

^e Tengchong Gaoligong Nature Reserve Management Department   (China)

^f Forestry Research Institute of Yunnan   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA   (Tajikistan)

^h YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Germination; Nursery; Propagation; Seedling; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

EAST ASIA; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; FOREST RESTORATION; NATIVE TREE SPECIES; NURSERY; PROPAGATION; SEEDLING; SUBTROPICAL; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION TYPE;

GERMINATION;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FRAGMENTATION; GERMINATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NURSERY GROUND; SURVIVAL; TREE;

CHINA;

ILEX; POLYNEURA;

EID: 84957575161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7010012     Document Type: Article

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