Temporal and spatial patterns of seed production of four shrub species in a climax beech forest

Japanese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-104

  Hara, Masatoshi ^a   Kimura, Megumi ^b   Hirabuki, Yoshihiko ^b   Kanno, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Fruiting fluctuation; Seed production; Seed size; Shrub

Indexed keywords

FOREST; FRUITING; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA; LINDERA UMBELLATA; MAGNOLIA SALICIFOLIA; VIBURNUM FURCATUM;

EID: 0033428128     PISSN: 00215007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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