Distribution and regeneration strategies of major canopy dominants in species-rich subtropical/warm temperate rainforests in south-western Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-151

  Takyu, Masaaki ^a,b   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Habitat partitioning; Regeneration strategy; Species coexistence; Stratification; Subtropical warm temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CANOPY DOMINANT; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION STRATEGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

JAPAN;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA VAR. SIEBOLDII; CASTANOPSIS SIEBOLDII; DISTYLIUM RACEMOSUM; FAGACEAE; HAMAMELIDACEAE; HAMAMELIDIDAE; MACHILUS; MACHILUS THUNBERGII; PERSEA THUNBERGII; PINACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ACURA; QUERCUS GILVA; QUERCUS SALICINA; TSUGA; TSUGA SIEBOLDII;

EID: 0030773831     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523779     Document Type: Article

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