Demographic and height growth response of native broad-leaved deciduous tree saplings to overhead canopy release in a coastal Pinus thunbergii forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-431

  Masaka, Kazuhiko ^a   Sato, Hajime ^a   Kon, Hirokazu ^a   Fukuchi, Minoru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced growth; Coastal Pinus thunbergii forest; Height growth; Overhead canopy release; Survival possibility

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BROADLEAF SPECIES; CANOPY TREES; CLOSED CANOPIES; COASTAL FOREST; COASTAL PINUS THUNBERGII FOREST; DEAD TREES; DECIDUOUS TREES; HEIGHT GROWTH; HOKKAIDO; OVERHEAD CANOPY RELEASE; PINE WILT DISEASE; QUERCUS; RELATIVE HEIGHT GROWTH RATES; SURVIVAL POSSIBILITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; LIGHT EFFECT; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SAPLING; SURVIVAL;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; JAPAN; PINUS THUNBERGII; SAPLINGS; SURVIVAL;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

KALOPANAX; KALOPANAX SEPTEMLOBUS; PINUS THUNBERGII; QUERCUS CRISPULA; QUERCUS DENTATA; SORBUS; SORBUS COMMIXTA;

EID: 84866534101     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0306-1     Document Type: Article

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