Effects of bark-stripping by Sika deer (Cervus nippon) on population dynamics of a mixed forest in Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Akashi, Nobuhiro ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bark stripping; Mortality; Ohdaigahara; Recruitment; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

BARK; MIXED FOREST; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

JAPAN;

ABIES HOMOLEPIS; CERVUS NIPPON; CLETHRA BARVINERVIS; FAGUS CRENATA; ILEX GENICULATA; POURTHIAEA VILLOSA; STEWARTIA PSEUDOCAMELLIA; SYMPLOCOS COREANA; VIBURNUM FURCATUM;

EID: 0033521590     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00415-0     Document Type: Article

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