Soil disturbance regime in relation to micro-scale landforms and its effects on vegetation structure in a hilly area in Japan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Nagamatsu, Dai ^a   Miura, Osamu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DCA; Gradient analysis; Mixed temperate forest; Species composition; Topography; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; LANDFORM; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SOIL DISTURBANCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031426727     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009743932202     Document Type: Article

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