Probability distributions, vulnerability and sensitivity in Fagus crenata forests following predicted climate changes in Japan

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-614

  Matsui, Tetsuya ^a   Yagihashi, Tsutomu ^a   Nakaya, Tomoki ^b   Taoda, Hirosi ^a   Yoshinaga, Shuichiro ^a   Daimaru, Hiromu ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beech; Classification tree; Global warming; Habitat prediction; Precipitation; Quercus; Temperature; Topography

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; QUERCUS;

EID: 6344294947     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02302.x     Document Type: Article

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