Seasonal prevalence of arthropods after line thinning of overstocked Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plantations in central Japan

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Maleque, M Abdul ^a   Ishii, Hiroaki ^a   Maeto, Kaoru ^a   Taniguchi, Shingo ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem design; Landscape pattern; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954143166     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-009-0081-8     Document Type: Article

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