Evaluating restoration success of a 40-year-old urban forest in reference to mature natural forest

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 32, Issue , 2018, Pages 123-132

  Sasaki, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Ishii, Hiroaki ^b   Morimoto, Yukihiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ukyo ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy stratification; Late successional forest; Native species; Reference site; Restoration success; Urban afforestation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFORESTATION; BASAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; REGENERATION; SELF THINNING; STAND STRUCTURE; STRATIFICATION; URBAN FORESTRY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI];

EID: 85046099883     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.04.008     Document Type: Article

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