Differentiation and maintenance of topo-community patterns with reference to regeneration dynamics in mixed cool temperate forests in the Chichibu Mountains, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-362

  Yoshida, Naoya ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

canopy replacement; cool temperate forest; gap; slope microtopography; soil surface erosion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

JAPAN, HONSHU, CHICHIBU MOUNTAINS;

ACER RUFINERVE; ACER SIEBOLDIANUM; ACERACEAE; BETULA GROSSA; BETULACEAE; FAGACEAE; FAGUS CRENATA; FAGUS JAPONICA; PINACEAE; STEWARTIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA; TSUGA SIEBOLDII;

EID: 0030301361     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347792     Document Type: Article

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