Changes in species composition and diversity with respect to the successional stage of urban forests in Kyoto City, Western Japan

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Hirayama, Kimiko ^a   Yamada, Katsutoshi ^a   Nishimura, Tatsuya ^a   Kawamura, Shota ^a   Takahara, Hikaru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance of Castanopsis cuspidate; Species composition; Species diversity; Succession; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

BROADLEAVED TREES; DOMINANCE OF CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATE; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUCCESSION; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; URBAN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FORESTRY;

AVES; CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS;

EID: 79955055621     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4005/jjfs.93.21     Document Type: Article

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