Spatial Distribution of Regenerated Woody Plants in Alnus hirsuta (Turcz.) var. sibirica Stand in Japan
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53541#.VMiEoSzQrzF Author(s) Hiroyuki Tobita 1,2* , Satoshi Nanami 3 , Shigeaki F. Hasegawa 4 , Kenichi Yazaki 1 , Masabumi Komatsu 1 , Mitsutoshi Kitao 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Present Address: Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan . 2 Previous Address: Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan . 3 Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan . 4 Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan . ABSTRACT The role of N2 fixation in structuring plant communities and influencing ecosystem function will be potentially large. In previous study, we investigated nodule biomass and activity, and calculated the amount of N 2 fixation in a naturally established 18-year-old alder ( Alnus hirsute (Turcz.) var. sibi...