Variation in tree growth, mortality and recruitment among topographic positions in a warm temperate forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-290

  Tsujino, Riyou ^a   Takafumi, Hino ^b   Agetsuma, Naoki ^b   Yumoto, Takakazu ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demography; Distribution type; Evergreen broad leaved forest; Index of convexity; Vegetation diversification

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; ISLAND; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STEM; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOPOGRAPHY; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

EID: 33746918715     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2006.tb02447.x     Document Type: Article

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