Classification of landscape types based on land cover, successional stages and plant functional groups in a species-rich forest in Hainan island, China;Classification des types de paysage basé sur la couverture terrestre, des stades de succession et les groupes fonctionnels de plantes dans une forêt riche en espèces dans l'île de Hainan, Chine;Clasificación de los tipos de paisaje basado en la ocupación del suelo, etapas de sucesión y los grupos funcionales de plantas en un bosque rico en especies en la isla de Hainan, China;Clasificación de los tipos de paisaje basado en la ocupación del suelo, etapas de sucesión y los grupos funcionales de plantas en un bosque rico en especies en la isla de Hainan, China

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 135-152

  Zhang, Zhidong ^a,b,c   Zang, Runguo ^b,d   Wang, Guangyu ^c   Huang, Xuanrui ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Recovery stages; Remote sensing; Tropical forest; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961904638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291600900107     Document Type: Article

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