Geographical variation in the early regeneration process of Siebold's beech (Fagus crenata BLUME) in Japan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-138

  Homma, Kosuke ^a,j   Akashi, Nobuhiro ^a,o   Abe, Tomoyuki ^a   Hasegawa, Mikio ^b   Harada, Kenichi ^c,p   Hirabuki, Yoshihiko ^d   Irie, Kiyoshi ^e   Kaji, Mikio ^f   Miguchi, Hideo ^e,g   Mizoguchi, Noriyasu ^h   Mizunaga, Hiromi ^i,q   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a,b   Natume, Syunji ^j   Niiyama, Kaoru ^b   Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^k   Sawada, Shin Ichi ^l   Sugita, Hisashi ^b,m   Takatsuki, Seiki ^f   Yamanaka, Norikazu ^n,r  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g Niigata Prefectural Forest Experiment Station   (Japan)

^h Kamo Highschool Agric and Forest   (Japan)

ⁱ Okayama Prefectural Forest Experiment Station   (Japan)

^j HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ Kyoto University   (Japan)

^o HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^p Kaibara Highschool   (Japan)

^q KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Fagus crenata; Geographic distribution; Post dispersal mortality; Pre dispersal mortality; Seedling emergence; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 0032962730     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009725007759     Document Type: Article

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