Observation of canopy interception loss in an abandoned coniferous plantation

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Shinohara, Yoshinori ^a   Ide, Jun'ichiro ^b   Higashi, Naoko ^a   Komatsu, Hikaru ^a   Kume, Tomonor ^c   Chiwa, Masaaki ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abandoned plantation; Canopy interception loss; Japanese cypress; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ABANDONED PLANTATION; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; JAPANESE CYPRESS; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

FORESTRY;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; DENSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; JAPAN; PLANTATIONS; PRECIPITATION; SOFTWOODS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 77950419764     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4005/jjfs.92.54     Document Type: Article

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