Effects of topographic heterogeneity on tree species richness and stand dynamics in a subtropical forest in Okinawa Island, southern Japan

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 230-240

  Kubota, Yasuhiro ^a   Murata, Hirofumi ^a   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Density effect; Monsoon wind; Productivity; Soil nutrient; Structural equation model; Tree fern; Turnover time; Typhoon; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 1842587104     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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