Regeneration patterns of yellow cypress on down logs in mixed coniferous-broadleaf forest of Yuanyang Lake Nature Preserve, Taiwan

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-238

  Liao, Chi Cheng ^a   Chou, Chang Hung ^b   Wu, Jiunn Tzong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana; Down log; Niche partitioning; Regeneration; Yellow cypress; Yuanyang Lake Nature Preserve

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTES; CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA VAR. FORMOSANA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 0041426222     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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