Do finer gap mosaics provide a wider niche for Quercus gilva in young Japanese cedar plantations than coarser mosaics? Simulation of spatial heterogeneity of light availability and photosynthetic potential

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1545-1553

  Mizunaga, Hiromi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED;

PHOTOSYNTHETIC POTENTIAL; QUERCUS GILVA; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FLOOR; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEEDLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CEDAR; JAPAN; PLANTATIONS; QUERCUS;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; MALLOTUS JAPONICUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; QUERCUS GILVA;

EID: 36549045517     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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