Hardwood recruitment into conifer plantations in Japan: Effects of thinning and distance from neighboring hardwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 15-28

  Utsugi, Etsuko ^a   Kanno, Hiroshi ^a   Ueno, Naoto ^a   Tomita, Mizuki ^a   Saitoh, Tomoyuki ^a   Kimura, Megumi ^a   Kanou, Kenich ^a   Seiwa, Kenji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Light conditions; Litter accumulation; Seed dispersal; Seedling establishment; Soil seed bank; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; SEED; SOILS;

EDGE EFFECTS; LITTER ACCUMULATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL SEED BANK;

HARDWOODS;

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING; TREE PLANTING;

CONSERVATION; FOREST LITTER; HARDWOODS; SEEDS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 37849189034     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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