Comparative study of additive basal area of conifers in forest ecosystems along elevational gradients

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-450

  Aiba, Shin Ichiro ^a   Hanya, Goro ^b   Tsujino, Riyou ^c   Takyu, Masaaki ^d   Seino, Tatsuyuki ^e   Kimura, Katsuhiko ^f   Kitayama, Kanehiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Litterfall; Mount Kinabalu; Tree life form; Yakushima Island

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEVATION; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LITTERFALL; MIXED FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; MALAYSIA; MOUNT KINABALU; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; YAKUSHIMA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34248163562     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0338-3     Document Type: Article

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