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This paper presents a general standard for the low-benefit black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) forests in Loess Plateau based on defining the concept of “tri-low forest”, and emphasizes the major factors which result in low-benefit black locust, such as, lack of soil moisture of forest and nutrient, breaching the principle of matching tree species to sites, and high density of forests. Based on different characteristics of low-benefit forests, following the principle of “adjusting measures to local conditions, giving priority to ecological benefits, assisting with economic benefits”, the authors put forward some technical ways to reform low-benefit black locust forests, for example, taking measurements of collecting runoff and storing water, lowering the forest density, introducing mixed forests and transforming species, directive breeding and so on.
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Guo, Xp., Zhu, Jz., Yu, Xx. et al. Ways to improve low-benefit black locust forests in Loess Plateau. For. Stud. China 7, 57–62 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11632-005-0023-y
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