The patch mosaic of an old-growth warm-temperate forest: Patch-level descriptions of 40-year gap-forming processes and community structures

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-586

  Manabe, Tohru ^a   Shimatani, Kenichiro ^b   Kawarasaki, Satoko ^c   Aikawa, Shin Ichi ^d   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^e  

^a KITAKYUSHU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND HUMAN HISTORY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABIC; Gap dynamics; LTER; Small scale disturbance; Sub canopy

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67349250394     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0528-7     Document Type: Article

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