Geographic variation and maintainance of species diversity of beech forests in Japan

Japanese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-178

  Hiura, Tsutom ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architecture; Disturbance; Fagus crenata; Geographic variation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007409546     PISSN: 00215007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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