The role of litter and humus layer as a mortality factor of seedlings of Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc.

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Kikuchi, Junichi ^a,b   Iida, Souichirou ^a   Akema, Tamio ^a   Futai, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The General Environmental Technos Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

F H horizon; Growth inhibitor; Pinus densiflora; Seedling mortality; Water characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012288394     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348338     Document Type: Article

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