Estimation of overlapping seed shadows in a northern mixed forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Sato, Hajime ^a   Hiura, Tsutom ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Log normal distribution; Regeneration; Seed dispersal; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL DISTANCE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SHADOW; WIND DIRECTION; WIND DISPERSAL;

JAPAN;

ABIES SACHALINENSIS; BETULA ERMANII; QUERCUS MONGOLICA GROSSESERRATA;

EID: 0031949913     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00247-8     Document Type: Article

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