A 70-year perspective on tropical forest regeneration

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 544, Issue , 2016, Pages 544-552

  Abbas, Sawaid ^a   Nichol, Janet E ^a   Fischer, Gunter A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Flora Conservation Department   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Secondary forest; Structural classification; Succession; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SEED; TROPICS;

HONG-KONG; SECONDARY FORESTS; STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS MASSONIANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SECONDARY SUCCESSION (COMMUNITY); SEEDLING; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84960331950     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.171     Document Type: Article

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