Expansion of dwarf bamboo, Sasa nipponica, grassland under feeding pressure of sika deer, Cervus nippon, on subalpine coniferous forest in central Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-55

  Ando, Masaki ^a,b   Itaya, Akemi ^a   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Shibata, Ei'ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Agriculture and Forestry Improvement Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Feeding pressure; Forest regeneration; Grassland expansion; Sasa nipponica

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; FEEDING PRESSURE; GRASSLAND EXPANSION; SASA NIPPONICA;

FORESTRY;

BAMBOO; FEEDING; FOREST CANOPY; GRASS LANDS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; CONIFERALES; SASA; SASA NIPPONICA;

EID: 32944467270     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-005-0180-9     Document Type: Article

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