Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

Landslides have emerged as one of the most important disturbance agents in mountainous ecosystems. In mountainous regions in Japan, the locations of old landslides often have heterogeneous vegetation that is peculiar to landslide areas. However, little is known about how and why vegetation patterns...

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Main Author: Sadao Takaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2019-08-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
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Online Access:https://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-19-00028.1