Development of conifer seedlings roots on soil and fallen logs in boreal and subalpine coniferous forests of Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 131-139

  Narukawa, Y ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies; Allocation; Forest floor microsite; Regeneration; Taisetsuzan mountain range; Yatsugatake mountains

Indexed keywords

PLASTICITY; SEED; SOILS;

CONIFER SEEDLINGS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

FORESTRY; PLASTICITY; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

JAPAN;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0037416106     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00125-1     Document Type: Article

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