Self-thinning and size variation in a sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 413-421

  Ogawa, Kazuharu ^a   Hagihara, Akio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Cryptomeria japonica D. Don; Size variation; Spatial distribution; Stem volume; The 3 2 power law of self thinning

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

STEM VOLUME;

WOOD;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PLANTATION; SELF THINNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0037450611     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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