Substrate-associated seedling recruitment and establishment of major conifer species in an old-growth subalpine forest in central Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 287-297

  Mori, Akira ^a   Mizumachi, Eri ^a   Osono, Takashi ^a   Doi, Yusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germination; Seed rain; Seedling bank; Seedling survivorship; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAFETY FACTOR; SEED; SOILS;

GERMINATION; MOISTURE-RETENTION CAPACITY;

FORESTRY;

GERMINATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTRATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII; ABIES VEITCHII; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS VAR. HONDOENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 3042803832     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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