| degradation of abies veitchii wave-regeneration on mt. misen in ohmine mountains: effects of sika deer population. | how has the degradation of abies veitchii wave-regeneration occurred under the sika deer (cervus nippon) pressure? we conducted tree census and ground vegetation survey in a 1 ha plot in mt. misen (nara prefecture, japan). we found 15 tree species (over 50 cm in height). abies accounted for 60.0 % of all living trees, and 46.9 % of abies were damaged (herbivory, bark stripping and/or fraying) by deer. spatial distribution of abies trees showed abies-wave, although there were few saplings in the ... | 2013 | 23504513 |