Effects of the common cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, on evergreen forests in two nest sites at Lake Biwa, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Ishida, Akira ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bird colony; common cormorant; evergreen forest; tree decline; vegetation

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; REYNOUTRIA; REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA;

BIRD COLONY; COMMON CORMORANT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST; TREE DECLINE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, LAKE BIWA;

EID: 0029660380     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347685     Document Type: Article

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