Structure and dynamics of tree populations within unsuccessful conifer plantations near the Shirakami Mountains, a snowy region of Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 389-401

  Masaki, Takashi ^a   Ota, Takayuki ^a,c   Sugita, Hisashi ^a   Oohara, Hideki ^a   Otani, Tatsuya ^a   Nagaike, Takuo ^b   Nakamura, Shozo ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Yamanashi Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptomeria japonica; Fagus crenata; Forest management; Plantations; Snow damage

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPOSITION; HARDWOODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS;

MEAN BASAL AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; SNOW; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTATIONS; RIVERS; SNOW; SOFTWOODS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; JAPONICA; PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE; PTEROCARYA; PTEROCARYA RHOIFOLIA;

EID: 2942538620     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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