Crown architecture and life-history traits of 14 tree species in a warm-temperate rain forest: Significance of spatial heterogeneity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-624

  Aiba, Shin Ichiro ^a   Kohyama, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Canopy heterogeneity; Community structure; Gap; Growth; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CROWN ARCHITECTURE; LIFE HISTORY; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

JAPAN; YAKUSHIMA ISLAND;

EID: 0030775431     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960532     Document Type: Article

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