Masting behavior of Fagus crenata in northern Japan: Spatial synchrony and pre-dispersal seed predation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Yasaka, Michiyasu ^a   Terazawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Koyama, Hiromasa ^a   Kon, Hirokazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fagus crenata; Masting; Predator satiation; Seed predation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; INSECT CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

MASTING;

FORESTRY;

MASTING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0043241743     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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