Climatic determinants of the northern range limit of Fagus crenata forests in Japan

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-225

  Yagihashi, Tsutomu ^a   Matsui, Tetsuya ^b   Nakaya, Tomoki ^c   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Taoda, Hirosi ^b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beech; Classification tree; Climatic factor; Hokkaido; Limiting factors

Indexed keywords

FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 35948983801     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2007.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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