Masatoshi Hara

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between micro-landform and vegetation structure was studied in a plot that was established on a slope from the ridge to the valley bottom in an evergreen broad-leaved forest on Amami Ohshima Island, south-west Japan.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the recovery of species composition, diversity, and aboveground biomass in secondary forests that were abandoned after swidden cultivation for more than 20 years in a Karen village in Doi Inthanon National Park.

TL;DR: Dependency on topographical habitat was examined for Lauraceae tree species in a lower montane forest using a large-scale research plot established at Doi Inthanon National Park, northern Thailand using discriminant models.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that ridges and east-facing slopes in the study forest experience strong and frequent wind disturbance, and that this severe impact may lead to faster stand turnover, creating conditions that favour fast-growing species with low wood density.

TL;DR: In this study, the habitat specialization and habitat divergence along topographic gradients of eight sympatric tree species of the Fagaceae were studied in a 15-ha study plot in a tropical lower montane forest in northern Thailand and could not completely explain the coexistence of the eight species.