Mast seeding and its spatial scale in Fagus crenata in northern Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 105-116

  Suzuki, Wajirou ^a   Osumi, Katsuhiro ^a   Masaki, Takashi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fagus crenata; Geographic distribution; Mast seeding; Spatial scale; Spatial synchrony; Weather

Indexed keywords

MAST SEEDING; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED-EATING INSECTS; SPATIAL EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; METEOROLOGY; SEED; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FORESTRY;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MASTING; PEST OUTBREAK; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY; WEATHER;

BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS CRENATA; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 11444251687     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.050     Document Type: Article

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