Variation in survival and growth strategies for seedlings of broadleaved tree species in response to thinning of larch plantations: Implication for converting pure larch plantations into larch-broadleaved mixed forests

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-117

  Yan, Qiaoling ^a   Gang, Qun ^a,b   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a   Sun, Yirong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acer mono; Fraxinus mandshurica; Juglans mandshurica; Quercus mongolica.; Shade intolerant species; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; THINNING; TRADE-OFF;

CHINA;

ACER MONO; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; LARIX; QUERCUS MONGOLICA;

EID: 84961266590     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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