The effect of shelterwood logging on the diversity of plant species in a beech (Fagus crenata) forest in Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 161-171

  Nagaike, Takuo ^a   Kamitani, Tomohiko ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Dwarf bamboo; Forest management; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOGGING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033553841     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00500-3     Document Type: Article

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