Dwarf bamboo as an ecological filter for forest regeneration

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 706-711

  Itô, Hiroki ^a   Hino, Teruaki ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies homolepis; Fagus crenata; Fraxinus lanuginosa f. serrata; Sasa nipponica; Tree seedlings

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BAMBOO; FOREST; REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ABIES; ABIES HOMOLEPIS; CERVIDAE; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS LANUGINOSA; SASA; SASA NIPPONICA;

EID: 34347216362     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0066-0     Document Type: Review

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