Edaphic controls on mosaic structure of the mixed deciduous broadleaf/conifer forest in northern Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 169-179

  Namikawa, Kanji ^a   Okamoto, Shingo ^a   Sano, Junji ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies sachalinensis; Aerial photograph; Edaphic condition; Regeneration pattern; Site fertility; Slope aspect

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

JAPAN;

ABIES SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 0034159882     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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