Effects of forest-floor avalanche disturbance on the structure and dynamics of a subalpine forest near the forest limit on Mt. Fuji

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-81

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Yamamura, Yasuo ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies veitchii; Age structure; Forest floor disturbance; Larix kaempferi; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AVALANCHE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FLOOR; REGENERATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI;

ABIES; ABIES VEITCHII; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 38149027129     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0340-9     Document Type: Article

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