Rodent-mediated seed dispersal of Juglans mandshurica regulated by gap size and within-gap position in larch plantations: Implication for converting pure larch plantations into larch-walnut mixed forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 404, Issue , 2017, Pages 205-213

  Wang, Jing ^a,b,c   Yan, Qiaoling ^a,b   Yan, Tao ^a,b,c   Song, Yuan ^a,b,c   Sun, Yirong ^a,b   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mast year; Seed dispersal distance; Seed fate; Seed rain; Seed removal rate

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAMMALS; RAIN; REFORESTATION;

ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MAST YEAR; PLANTATION MANAGEMENTS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEED REMOVAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

SEED;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY GAP; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MASTING; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RODENT; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

ACIDIFICATION; DISPERSANTS; FERTILITY; JUGLANS; LARIX; PLANTATIONS; SEEDS;

CHINA;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; LARIX; RODENTIA;

EID: 85028723420     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.033     Document Type: Article

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