Changes in size of soil seed bank in Robinia pseudoacacia L. (Leguminosae), an exotic tall tree species in Japan: Impacts of stand growth and apicultural utilization

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 780-786

  Masaka, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamada, Kenji ^a   Koyama, Yasuhiro ^b   Sato, Hajime ^a   Kon, Hirokazu ^a   Torita, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b Nagano Prefecture Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apiculture; Robinia pseudoacacia; Soil seed bank; Stand age; Stand growth

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; FLOWER CROPS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS; HOKKAIDO; LEGUMINOSAE; NATURAL CONDITIONS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SEED CROP; SOIL SEED BANK; STAND AGE; STAND GROWTH; TREE SPECIES;

CROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; SOILS;

SEED;

APICULTURE; BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECUNDITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HONEY; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PLANTATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SIZE EFFECT; SOIL TYPE; STAND STRUCTURE;

FARM CROPS; FORESTS; JAPAN; PICEA GLEHNII; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; ROBINIA; SEEDS; SOIL;

CHUBU; HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

APIS MELLIFERA; FABACEAE; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 77954952016     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.036     Document Type: Article

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