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Development of mixed-conifer forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan, following a catastrophic windstorm: A “parallel” model of plant succession

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The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests

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Abstract

Structural development of mixed-species forests tend to take similar patterns in temperate forests (Oliver 1981, Oliver and Larson 1990). The analysis of longterm data on population dynamics and stand development of a mixed-conifer forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan, showed many similarities of canopy stratification to those found in mixed hardwood forests of central New England (Oliver 1978). It also suggested a pattern of plant succession that has not been fully appreciated in general ecological literature. Close examination of these observations, therefore, may help expand our understanding of the theories of plant succession that have been much discussed, but are still short of reaching overwhelming acceptance (Pickett et al. 1987).

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  1. Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    Matthew J. Kelty

  2. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 06511, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Bruce C. Larson

  3. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Chadwick D. Oliver

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Osawa, A. (1992). Development of mixed-conifer forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan, following a catastrophic windstorm: A “parallel” model of plant succession. In: Kelty, M.J., Larson, B.C., Oliver, C.D. (eds) The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests. Forestry Sciences, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8052-6_3

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