Snag abundance and species composition in a managed forest landscape in central japan composed of larix kaempferi plantations and secondary broadleaf forests

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 755-766

  Nagaike, Takuo ^a  

^a Yamanashi Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long rotation plantation; Plantation age; Snags; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ROTATION;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PLANTATION AGE; PLANTATION SPECIES; ROTATION PLANTATIONS; SNAGS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STANDING DEAD TREES;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SNAG; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION; ROTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STANDARDS;

JAPAN;

LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 74849088609     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.171     Document Type: Article

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