Effects of dwarf bamboo (Sasa sp.) and forest floor microsites on conifer seedling recruitment in a subalpine forest, Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 163, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 61-70

  Narukawa, Y ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies; Fallen logs; Safe site; Subalpine old growth forest; Tree species coexistence; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOORS; SEED; VEGETATION;

MICROSITES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

JAPAN;

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

EID: 0037188974     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00527-8     Document Type: Article

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