Microsites for seedling establishment of subalpine conifers in a forest with moss-type undergrowth on Mt. Fuji, central Honshu, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 678-685

  Sugita, Hisashi ^a   Nagaike, Takuo ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Yamanashi Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microsite; Moss; Seedling establishment; Tsuga diversifolia; Undergrowth

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MOSS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII; ABIES VEITCHII; BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; TSUGA; TSUGA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 33746619636     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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