Effects of deer debarking on masting and trunk radial growth of Hondo spruce, Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis, in a subalpine forest of central Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Shibata, Ei'ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debarking; Hondo spruce; Masting; Sika deer; Trunk radial growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; JAPAN;

MASTING; SIKA DEER; TRUNK RADIAL GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BARK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; GROWTH RESPONSE; MASTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

BARKING; PICEA JEZOENSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; MOUNT ODAIGAHARA; NARA;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS; PICEA JEZOENSIS SUBSP. HONDOENSIS;

EID: 35448995285     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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