JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH 15(3) 149-160 2010年6月 [査読有り]
We examined the effect of early and intense pruning on light intensity under the canopy, individual growth, diameter-height relationships, and epicormic shoot dynamics in young hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica x L. kaempferi) to establis...
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH 15(3) 161-168 2010年6月 [査読有り]
We analyzed the probability that Betula maximowicziana Regel (monarch birch) would suffer crown dieback (crown-dieback probability) and the basal area growth rate (GB), which was found to be a predisposing stress factor making birch trees suscepti...
Kiyoshi Umeki   Kihachiro Kikuzawa   Frank J. Sterck   
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 259(11) 2141-2150 2010年5月 [査読有り]
We developed a functional-structural plant model for Fagus crenata saplings and calculated annual photosynthetic gains to determine the influences of foliar phenology and shoot inclination on the carbon economy of saplings. The model regenerated t...