Secondary succession and effects of clear-logging on diversity in the subtropical forests on Okinawa Island, southern Japan

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 879-901

  Kubota, Yasuhiro ^a   Katsuda, Kenji ^a   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; DCA; Epiphyte; Forest floor plant; Pteridophyte; Red listed plants; Yanbaru

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLEARCUTTING; FIELD LAYER; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA VAR. SIEBOLDII; DISTYLIUM RACEMOSUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; SCHIMA WALLICHII;

EID: 17844373565     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0657-4     Document Type: Article

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