Difference in microhabitat-related regeneration patterns between two subalpine conifers, Tsuga diversifolia and Abies mariesii, on Mount Hayachine, northern Honshu, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 423-433

  Sugita, Hisashi ^a   Tani, Masato ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies mariesii; Microsite; Seedling establishment; Tsuga diversifolia; Undergrowth

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOOR; MICROHABITAT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE;

JAPAN;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII; BRYOPHYTA; CAREX; CONIFEROPHYTA; LYCOPODIUM; PTERIDOPHYLLUM; TSUGA; TSUGA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 0141564838     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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