Supression and release during canopy recruitment in Fagus crenata and Acer mono in two old-growth beech forests in Japan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-290

  Cao, K F ^a,b   Ohkubo, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Disturbance history; Forest structure; Growth dynamics; Shade tolerance; Wind impacts

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DOMINANCE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECRUITMENT; WIND FORCING;

JAPAN;

ACER MONO; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 0033394748     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009888128269     Document Type: Article

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