Seedling Success of Tsuga sieboldii along a Microtopographic Gradient in a Mixed Cool-Temperate Forest in Japan

Emergence and establishment of Tsuga sieboldii seedlings were monitored for six years in an old-growth mixed forest in Japan, to clarify the reason why adult T. sieboldii trees are distributed only on convex slopes. T. sieboldii seedlings germinated on exposed soils without broad-leaved litter cover...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant Ecology. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 140(1999), 1, Seite 89-98
1. Verfasser: Yoshida, Naoya (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ohsawa, Masahiko
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1999
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant Ecology
Schlagworte:Litter cover Microtopography Mixed forest Seedling establishment Soil erosion Tsuga sieboldii Biological sciences Physical sciences