The response of forest floor vegetation and tree regeneration to deer exclusion and disturbance in a riparian deciduous forest, central Japan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-276

  Nomiya, Haruto ^a   Suzuki, Wajirou ^a   Kanazashi, Tatsuo ^a   Shibata, Mitsue ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a,b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Dwarf bamboo; Exclosure; Regeneration; Riparian disturbance; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FOREST FLOOR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JAPAN;

ALNUS HIRSUTA; ANIMALIA; BAMBUSA; BETULA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; JAPONICA; KALOPANAX PICTUS; MALUS; MALUS TORINGO; PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE; POPULUS MAXIMOWICZII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CRISPULA; RIPARIA; SALIX SACHALINENSIS; ULMUS; ULMUS DAVIDIANA;

EID: 0037289541     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021294021438     Document Type: Article

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