A soil seed bank in a mature conifer plantation and establishment of seedlings after clear-cutting in southwest Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-304

  Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Shigeho ^a   Sakai, Takeshi ^a   Kuramoto, Shigeo ^a   Tabuchi, Ryuichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Conifer plantation; Demography; Seedling; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VEGETATION;

CLEAR-CUTTING; CONIFER PLANTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; SEEDLING; SOIL SEED BANK;

SEED;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 23944456113     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-004-0138-3     Document Type: Article

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