Analysis of forest damage caused by the snow and ice chaos along a transect across southern China in spring 2008
Altitude ; Biogeography ; Catastrophe ; China ; Damage valuation ; Ecological catastrophe ; Forest ; Snow ; Southern China ; Spring (season) ; Storm ; Tree species
Altitud ; Biogeografía ; Bosque ; Catástrofe ; Catástrofe ecológico ; China ; China del Sur ; Especie forestal ; Evaluación de daños ; Nieve ; Primavera ; Tempestad
An abrupt ice and snow storm disaster which occurred in the spring of 2008 severely destroyed forests over a surprisingly large portion of southern China. A transect crossing Jinggang Mountain-Jitai Basin-Yushan Mountain-Wuyi Mountain was selected
as the study area. The AA. integrated field data collected in 2 field surveys to analyze the impacts of the disturbance on forests. The results are presented and discussed. The extent of damage to plantations along the transect decreased in the order of slash