Effects of canopy on the sapling composition and structure in a subalpine old-growth forest, central Japan

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-242

  Kato, Kyoko ^a   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies; Canopy gap; Forest dynamics; Mixed wood forest; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SAPLING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; YATSUGATAKE MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII; ABIES VEITCHII; BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS; PICEA JEZOENSIS VAR. HONDOENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 0033935690     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682593     Document Type: Article

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