Species richness in sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. DON) plantations in southeastern Kyushu, Japan: The effects of stand type and age on understory trees and shrubs

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-57

  Ito, Satoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Masakatsu ^a   Buckley, G Peter ^b   Nogami, Kangoro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Previous stand type; Seed dispersal; Stand ages; Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don)

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SEED; SOFTWOODS;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; EDGE EFFECTS; SEED DISPERSAL; STAND AGES;

VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION; CRYPTOMERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTATIONS; SEEDS;

CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0347516516     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s103100300005     Document Type: Article

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