Importance of seed size for the establishment of seedlings of five deciduous broad-leaved tree species

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-64

  Seiwa, Kenji ^a   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap size; Leaf dynamics; Litter accumulation; Seasonal changes in light conditions; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; UNDERSTOREY;

JAPAN;

ACER MONO; ALNUS HIRSUTA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA JAPONICA; CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM; QUERCUS MONGOLICA GROSSESERRATA;

EID: 0029775249     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044887     Document Type: Article

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