Vegetation structure in relation to micro-landform in an evergreen broad-leaved forest on Amami Ohshima Island, south-west Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-337

  Hara, Masatoshi ^a   Hirata, Kazuhiro ^a   Fujihara, Michiro ^a   Oono, Keiichi ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

erosion front; micro landform; Ryukyu Islands; species distribution pattern; vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN BROADLEAVED FOREST; FOREST; LANDFORM; VEGETATION;

JAPAN, AMAMI OHSHIMA ISLAND;

CASTANOPSIS SIEBOLDII LUTCHUENSIS; SCHIMA WALLICHII;

EID: 0030301358     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347790     Document Type: Article

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