Spatial and temporal dispersal of Kalopanax pictus seeds in a temperate deciduous forest, central Japan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Iida, Shigeo ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian seed dispersal; Germination strategy; Ogawa Forest Reserve; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

JAPAN, HONSHU;

KALOPANAX PICTUS;

EID: 0031966803     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009779921463     Document Type: Article

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