Spatial distribution of Eurya japonica in an old-growth evergreen broad-leaved forest, SW Japan

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 761-772

  Manabe, Tohru ^a   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^b,c  

^a Kitakyushu Museum   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap; Microtopography; Population dynamics; Scale dependency; Spatial pattern; Understorey tree

Indexed keywords

MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE SIZE;

JAPAN;

EURYA JAPONICA; THEACEAE;

EID: 0031422528     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237020     Document Type: Article

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