Stand dynamics during a 12 year period in an old-growth, cool temperate forest in northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-33

  Namikawa, Kanji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy state; Non equilibrium community; Old growth, cool temperate forest; Permanent plot; Transition probability analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, MOUNT MOIWA;

ACER MONO; KALOPANAX PICTUS; PRUNUS SSIORI; TILIA JAPONICA; ULMUS JAPONICA;

EID: 0029662448     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347817     Document Type: Article

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