Variability of local spatial structure in a wave-regenerated Abies forest

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 893-901

  Suzuki, Satoshi N ^a,b   Kachi, Naoki ^a   Suzuki, Jun Ichirou ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Mark correlation; Pair correlation; Spatial autocorrelation; Variability

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; VARIOGRAM; WAVE FIELD;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII;

EID: 84866538987     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0966-0     Document Type: Article

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