Different biomass-allocation patterns among four tree species in heavily disturbed sites on a volcanic mountain in Hokkaido, northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-182

  Shibuya, Masato ^a   Yajima, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Mihoko ^a   Sasaoka, Eiji ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Betula platyphylla; Larix kaempferi; Populus species; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FINE ROOT; GERMINATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SAPLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI; POPULUS; POPULUS MAXIMOWICZII;

EID: 33846314759     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0007-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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