Clonal structure and diversity of Cryptomeria japonica along a slope in a cool-temperate, oldgrowth mixed forest in the snowy region of Japan

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2804-2813

  Hirayama, Kimiko ^a,c   Sakimoto, Michinori ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BREAST HEIGHTS; CLONAL GROWTHS; CLONAL STRUCTURES; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICAS; GENETIC ANALYSES; GENETIC DIVERSITIES; MICROSATELLITE MARKERS; MIXED FORESTS; PATCH SIZES; SLOPE POSITIONS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; SPATIAL GENETIC STRUCTURES; STEM LENGTHS;

FORESTRY;

CLONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PATCH SIZE; REGENERATION; SLOPE; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CLONES; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; REFORESTATION;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 55549138406     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-127     Document Type: Article

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