Safe site for seedlings of Rhododendron metternichii var. hondoense

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-242

  Kameyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^a   Nehira, Kunito ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy condition; Microsite; Moss mat; Rhododendron metternichii var. hondoense; Seedling density

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON METTERNICHII;

EID: 0033391637     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-1984.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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