Effects of understory vegetation and litter on the establishment of Abies sachalinensis and Picea jezoensis seedlings in a conifer forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan

Japanese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-115

  Maruyama, Ryuichi ^a   Maruyama, Masami ^b   Konno, Yasuo ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Obihiro Univ of Agric/Vet Med ^*

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abies sachalinensis; Establishment; Litter; Picea jezoensis; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LITTER; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; UNDERSTORY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES SACHALINENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS;

EID: 8644261458     PISSN: 00215007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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