Abundance and use of cavity trees at the tree- and stand-levels in natural and plantation forests in Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-397

  Kikuchi, Kokoro ^a,b   Akasaka, Takumi ^a   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavity tree; Non excavated cavity; Plantation; Secondary cavity user; Thinning

Indexed keywords

CAVITY TREES; NON-EXCAVATED CAVITY; PLANTATION; SECONDARY CAVITY USER; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; CAVITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST; PLANTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; THINNING;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84883781788     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-012-0358-x     Document Type: Article

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