Converting larch plantations to mixed stands: Effects of canopy treatment on the survival and growth of planted seedlings with contrasting shade tolerance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 409, Issue , 2018, Pages 19-28

  Lu, Deliang ^a,b,c   Wang, G Geoff ^d   Zhang, Jinxin ^a,b   Fang, Yunting ^a,b   Zhu, Chunyu ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial regeneration; Canopy retention; Carbohydrate storage; Plantation conversion; Seedling growth; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SEED;

ARTIFICIAL REGENERATION; CANOPY RETENTION; CARBOHYDRATE STORAGE; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING SURVIVAL;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY; CARBOHYDRATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; MONOCULTURE; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL FERTILITY; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING;

FOREST CANOPY; LARIX; PICEA KORAIENSIS; PLANTATIONS; SEEDLINGS; SHADES; SURVIVAL;

CHINA;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; LARIX; PICEA; PICEA KORAIENSIS;

EID: 85033405483     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.058     Document Type: Article

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