Selection of native tree species for subtropical forest restoration in Southwest China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lu, Yang ^a,b,c   Ranjitkar, Sailesh ^a,d   Harrison, Rhett D ^a,e   Xu, Jianchu ^a,d   Ou, Xiaokun ^c   Ma, Xuelan ^a,b   He, Jun ^c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (China)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; FOREST; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; PIONEER SPECIES; SURVIVAL RATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GERMINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 85010023311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170418     Document Type: Article

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