Allometry and competition between saplings of Picea jezoensis and Abies sachalinensis in a sub-boreal coniferous forest, northern Japan

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-538

  Kubota, Yasuhiro ^a   Hara, Toshihiko ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crown shape; diffusion model; growth dynamics; habitat segregation; species coexistence

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES SACHALINENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; HARA; PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS;

EID: 0029739681     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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