Effects of sika deer browsing on the structure and regeneration of the abies firmaforest on kinkazan island, northern Japan

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 203-221

  Takatsuki, Seiki ^a   Hirabuki, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; REGENERATION; SIKA DEER;

JAPAN;

ABIES FIRMA; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 0031745111     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v06n01_13     Document Type: Article

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