Natural regeneration in exotic tree plantations in Hong Kong, China
- Elsa W. S. Lee, B. Hau, R. Corlett
- Environmental Science
- 1 July 2005
CTFS‐ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change
- K. Anderson‐Teixeira, S. Davies, J. Zimmerman
- Environmental ScienceGlobal Change Biology
- 1 February 2015
The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS-ForestGEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.
Global importance of large‐diameter trees
- J. Lutz, T. Furniss, J. Zimmerman
- Environmental Science
- 1 July 2018
Because large-diameter trees constitute roughly half of the mature forest biomass worldwide, their dynamics and sensitivities to environmental change represent potentially large controls on global forest carbon cycling.
Effects of the roots of Cynodon dactylon and Schefflera heptaphylla on water infiltration rate and soil hydraulic conductivity
Water infiltration rate and hydraulic conductivity in vegetated soil are two vital hydrological parameters for agriculturists to determine availability of soil moisture for assessing crop growths and…
Demographic Evidence of Illegal Harvesting of an Endangered Asian Turtle
- Yik‐Hei Sung, N. Karraker, B. Hau
- Environmental ScienceConservation Biology
- 1 December 2013
The effects of illegal harvesting on the demography of populations in Hong Kong were examined using mark-recapture methods to compare demographic characteristics between sites with harvesting histories and one site in a fully protected area.
Seed rain and natural regeneration in Lophostemon confertus plantations in Hong Kong, China
- Elsa W. S. Lee, B. Hau, R. Corlett
- Environmental ScienceNew forests
- 1 March 2008
Natural forests have been increasingly replaced by artificial plantations around the world. Some research results suggest that artificial plantations can promote natural regeneration. The efforts in…
Seed rain into upland plant communities in Hong Kong, China
- A. Au, R. Corlett, B. Hau
- BiologyPlant Ecology
- 10 February 2006
It is suggested that even in the most degraded landscape the seed rain is adequate for the development of woody vegetation cover, but that human intervention will be needed for the restoration of plant diversity.
Status update on White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in South China
- J. Fellowes, Z. Fang, H. Hafner
- Environmental ScienceBird conservation international
- 1 June 2001
White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus is probably the most threatened heron species in the world, and the highest priority for heron species conservation. From 1990 to 1998, there were…
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