Growth dynamics during canopy recruitment of sprout-origin stems in japanese beech (fagus japonicamaxim.) stools in old growth forests of central Japan

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-154

  Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^a   Tanimoto, Takeo ^a   Peters, Rob ^b   Sawada, Haruo ^c   Kaji, Mikio ^c  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY RECRUITMENT; GROWTH DYNAMICS; JAPANESE BEECH; OLD GROWTH FOREST;

JAPAN;

FAGUS JAPONICA;

EID: 0031775766     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v06n01_09     Document Type: Article

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