Differences in beech (Fagus crenata) regeneration between two types of Japanese beech forest and along a snow gradient

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 651-663

  Shimano, Koji ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DBH class distribution; Forest structure; Global warming; Power function analysis; Regeneration dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; DESICCATION; JUVENILE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POLLINATION; PREDATOR; REGENERATION; SNOW; WATER STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 33748422073     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0172-z     Document Type: Article

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