Pathways and determinants of early spontaneous vegetation succession in degraded lowland of South China.

@article{Duan2008PathwaysAD,
  title={Pathways and determinants of early spontaneous vegetation succession in degraded lowland of South China.},
  author={Wenjun Duan and Hai Ren and Shenglei Fu and Qinfeng Guo and Jun Wang},
  journal={Journal of integrative plant biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={50 2},
  pages={
          147-56
        }
}
  • W. Duan, H. Ren, +2 authors Jun Wang
  • Published 1 February 2008
  • Environmental Science
  • Journal of integrative plant biology
Continuous and prolonged human disturbances have caused severe degradation of a large portion of lowland in South China, and how to restore such degraded ecosystems becomes an increasing concern. The process and mechanisms of spontaneous succession, which plays an important role in vegetation restoration, have not been adequately examined. To identify the pathways of early spontaneous vegetation succession, 41 plots representing plant communities abandoned over different times were established… 
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