Vegetation structure of fragmented shrine/temple forests in southeastern Hyogo Prefecture - Estimation of edge-effect distance and minimum conservation area -

Humans and Nature

Volumn , Issue 15, 2005, Pages 29-42

  Iwasaki, Ayako ^a   Ishii, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Edge effect; Lucidphyllous forest; Secondary forest; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; WORLD;

CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA; PSEUDOSASA JAPONICA; TRACHYCARPUS;

EID: 27444431520     PISSN: 09181725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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