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Nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite analysis of Abies sachalinensis regeneration on fallen logs in a subboreal forest in Hokkaido, Japan.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2008
Lian Chunlan, Goto Susumu, Kubo Takuya, Takahashi Yasuo, Nakagawa Masahiko, Hogetsu Taizo
Abstract excerpt
Fallen logs are the main regeneration sites for Abies sachalinensis (Sachalin fir) in subboreal forests in Japan. We surveyed the spatial genetic structure of different demographic stages in a 4.29-ha natural population of A. sachalinensis. Genetic structure was significant at short distances throughout all stages in this wind-dispersed conifer. To evaluate the effects of fallen-log-dependent recruitment on...
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