Dead forms and mortality factors of woody plants in a mixed forest of Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans Nakai and Fagus crenata Blume

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-21

  Yamanaka, N ^a,b   Takaya, K ^a   Kawanabe, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans; Dead form; Fagus crenata; Mortality factor; Quercus crispula

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244254521     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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