Tree regeneration in partially cut conifer-hardwood mixed forests in northern Japan: Roles of establishment substrate and dwarf bamboo

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 335-344

  Noguchi, Mahoko ^a   Yoshida, Toshiya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Dwarf bamboo; Logging intensity; Regeneration; Root throws; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; SNOW; VEGETATION;

CONIFERS; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE; TREE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLEHNII; SASA;

EID: 1542290007     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.10.024     Document Type: Article

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