Analysis of wind damage caused by multiple tropical storm events in Japanese Cryptomeria japonica forests

Forestry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-420

  Kamimura, Kana ^a,b   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroko ^c   Kitagawa, Kenji ^d   Uchida, Takanori ^e   Mizunaga, Hiromi ^f  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^c Kyushu Rinsan Corporation   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORM; WIND VELOCITY;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 84882272566     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpt011     Document Type: Article

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