Demographic traits of understory trees and population dynamics of a Picea-Abies forest in Taisetsuzan National Park, northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Kubota, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

density dependence; matrix model; natural disturbance; regeneration niche; waiting pattern

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PICEA; ABIES SACHALINENSIS; PICEA GLEHNII; PICEA JEZOENSIS; PINACEAE;

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; UNDERSTORY;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, TAISETSUZAN NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030619007     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523604     Document Type: Article

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