Effects of different forest management systems on plant species diversity in a Fagus crenata forested landscape of central Japan

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2832-2840

  Nagaike, Takuo ^a,b   Kamitani, Tomohiko ^c   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^d  

^a Yamanashi Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; WOOD;

ORDINATION ANALYSIS; REGENERATED TREE SPECIES; SHELTERWOOD LOGGED FORESTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; COPPICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATIONS; SHELTERWOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33645760864     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-200     Document Type: Article

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