Successional replacement mediated by frequency and severity of wind and snow disturbances in a Picea-Abies forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-64

  Nishimura, Takashi B ^a  

^a Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Demography; Growth trajectory; Individual based simulation; Landslide; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; SNOW; SUCCESSION; WINDTHROW;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ABIES; ABIES SACHALINENSIS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA GLEHNII;

EID: 33644520899     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0057:SRMBFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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