Tree mortality of five major species on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 575-589

  Umeki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; Mortality; Northern Japan; Sub boreal forest

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE;

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

ABIES; ABIES SACHALINENSIS; ACER; ACER MONO; MAGNOLIA HEPTAPETALA; MAGNOLIACEAE; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS CRISPULA; TILIA JAPONICA;

EID: 24944495423     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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