Forest fire impacts on hydrological processes and carbon cycle in East-Siberian taiga

• Project/Area Number: 18255014
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Boundary agriculture
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: HASEGAWA Shuichi Hokkaido University, 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター, 教授 (10333634)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HATANO Ryusuke 北海道大学, 大学院・農学研究院, 教授 (40156344) ; SAITO Hideyuki 北海道大学, 大学院・農学研究院, 助教 (70312395)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥32,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥24,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥7,410,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥8,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,890,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥7,930,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,830,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥15,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,690,000)
• Keywords: 東シベリアタイガ / 森林火災 / 地球温暖化 / 炭素固定機能 / 土壌水分 / 土壌呼吸 / 温暖化効果ガス / 個葉の分光放射特性 / 東シベリア

Research Abstract

東シベリアカラマツ成熟林に対する地表火の影響は年降水量により異なり、平年並みでは地表面からの蒸発速度と土壌の貯水量が地表火の影響を受けず、林床植生の焼失で余剰になった土壌水分がカラマツ成熟木に利用されて林冠の炭素固定能力が向上した。しかし、多雨年が続くと地表火跡地の土壌含水率は飽和へ近づき、林冠木の衰退・枯損を誘発して炭素固定機能は低下した。森林衰退の跡地は湿地化が進み、生態系の遷移が沼地化へと不可逆的に移行して温暖化効果の多大なCH4放出源を作り出すことが懸念された

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Inter-annual variations in surface fire impacts on leaf photosynthesis are dependent on changing soil water regimes in a mature larch forest in Central Yakutia. (2009)
  • Author(s): Saito H., Hasegawa S.
  • Journal Title: In : Proceedings of 4th International Workshop on C/H_2O/Energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Eurasia (eds, Maximov TC. kaiet al.) Pages: 95-98
• [Journal Article] Study of parameter of chlorophyll fluorescence in Ephedra monosperma during cold hardening (2009)
  • Author(s): Sofronova VE., Saito H.
  • Journal Title: In : 4th International Workshop on C/H_2O/ Energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Eurasia (eds, Maximov TC.et al.) Pages: 53-56
• [Journal Article] 東シベリアにおけるカラマツ林のサイズ構造と地上部現存量の推移 (2009)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之
  • Journal Title: 日本森林学会北海道支部論文集 27 Pages: 65-67
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Inter-annual variations in surface fire impacts on leaf photosynthesis are dependent on changing soil water regimes in a mature larch forest in Central Yakutia (2009)
  • Author(s): Saito H., Iwasaki H., Sasaki M., Isaev A. P., Kuwao K., Shirota T., Kononov A. P., Shibuya M. Maximov T. C., Hasegawa S., Takahashi K.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 4th International Workshop on C / H_2O / Energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Eurasia 4 Pages: 95-98
• [Journal Article] Study pf parameter of chlorophyll fluorescence in Ephedra monosperma during cold hardening (2009)
  • Author(s): Sofronova V. E., Saito H., Maximov T. C., semenova B.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 4th International Workshop on C / H_2O / Energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Eurasia 4 Pages: 53-56
• [Journal Article] 東シベリアにおけるカラマツ林のサイズ構造と地上部現存量の推移 (2009)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之・渋谷正人・高橋邦秀・TC Maximov
  • Journal Title: 日本森林学会北海道支部会論文集 57 Pages: 65-67
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] CH_4 and N_2O emissions from a forest-alas ecosystem in the permafrost taiga forest region, eastern Siberia, Russia (2008)
  • Author(s): Takakai F., Hatano R.
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res doi : 10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Influence of forest disturbance on CO_2, CH_4 and N_2O fluxes from larch forest soil in the permafrost taiga region of eastern Siberia (2008)
  • Author(s): Takakai F., Hatano R.
  • Journal Title: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 54 Pages: 938-949
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fluorescence parameters of chlorophyll in three conifer species during cold hardening. In : Proceedings of the International Conference of Physicochemical bases of structural -functional organization in plants (2008)
  • Author(s): Sofronova VE., Saito H., Perk A
  • Journal Title: Russian Society of plant physiologists, held in Ekaterinburg, Russia Pages: 6-10
• [Journal Article] Influence of forest disturbance on CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes from larch forest soil of permafrost taiga region in eastern Siberia (2008)
  • Author(s): Takakai F, Desyatkin AR, Lopez CML, Fedrov AN, Desyatkin RV And Hatano R
  • Journal Title: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 54 Pages: 938-949
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] CH_4 and N_2O emissions from a forest-alas ecosystem in the permafrost taiga forest region, eastern Siberia, Russia (2008)
  • Author(s): Takakai F., Desyatkin A. R., Lopez C. M. L., Fedorov A. N., Desyatkin R. V. and Hatano R.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 113
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interannual environmental-soil thawing rate variation and its control on transpiration from Larix cajanderi,Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia (2007)
  • Author(s): Lopez L., Saito H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Hydrology 338 Pages: 251-260
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effect of human activity on carbon balance in meadows in a thermokarst depression in Siberia (2007)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin AR., Hatano R
  • Journal Title: Eurasian Journal of Forest Research 10 Pages: 89-96
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interannual environmental-soil thawing rate variation and its control on transpiration from Larix cajanderi, Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia. (2007)
  • Author(s): Lopez L., Saito H., Kobayashi Y., Shirota T., Iwahana G., Maximov T.C., Fukuda M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Hydrology (In press)
• [Journal Article] Effect of human activity on carbon balance in meadows in a thermokarst depression in Siberia (2007)
  • Author(s): A.R.Desyatkin, F.Takakai, P.P.Fedorov, R.V.Desyatkin, R.Hatano
  • Journal Title: Eurasian Journal of Forest Research 10 (1) Pages: 89-96
• [Journal Article] A/Ci curve analysis of Larix cajanderi growing in Central Yakutia, Siberia (2006)
  • Author(s): Maksimov A., Saito H.
  • Journal Title: In : International Workshop on H_2O and CO_2 exchange in Siberia (eds, Dolman H.et.al.) Pages: 57-60
• [Presentation] 東シベリアにおけるカラマツ林のサイズ構造の林分間変動 (2008)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之
  • Organizer: 日本森林学会北海道支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌市コンベンションセンター,札幌市
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-10
• [Presentation] 東シベリアにおけるカラマツ林のサイズ構造の林分間変動 (2008)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之・渋谷正人・高橋邦秀
  • Organizer: 日本森林学会北海道支部会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌コンベンションセンター(札幌市)
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-10
• [Presentation] 東シベリアカラマツ林の地表火の撹乱による土壌水分収支の変化 (2008)
  • Author(s): 岩崎秀威・斉藤秀之・T. C. Maximov・長谷川周一
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知教育大(名古屋市)
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-10
• [Presentation] 東シベリアカラマツ林の地表火の撹乱による土壌水分収支の変化 (2008)
  • Author(s): 岩崎秀威・斎藤秀之・TC Maximov・長谷川周一
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会愛知大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知教育大学,名古屋市
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-09
• [Presentation] CH4 emission from different stages of thermokarst depressions in Central Yakutia, Russia (2008)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin A.R., Hatano R
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会愛知大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知教育大学,名古屋市
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-09
• [Presentation] CH4 emission from different stages of thermokarst depressions in Central Yakutia, Russia (2008)
  • Author(s): Alexey Desyatkin, Fumiaki Takakai, Pavel Fedorov, Maya Nikolaeva, Roman Desyatkin, Ryusuke Hatano
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会名古屋大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知教育大(名古屋市)
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-09
• [Presentation] Larix cajanderi林冠におけるシュート数動態 (2008)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央, 斎藤秀之
  • Organizer: 第119回日本森林学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農工大学, 東京
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-27
• [Presentation] Larix cajanderi林冠におけるシュート数動態 (2008)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之・高橋邦秀・Maximov Trofim
  • Organizer: 第119回日本森林学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農工大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-27
• [Presentation] Soil water balance scenario after an artificial ground-fire in a mature larch forest in eastern Siberia. The IVth Annual International Workshop on"C/H2O/energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Siberia (2008)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki H., Saito H., Hasegawa S
  • Organizer: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha
  • Place of Presentation: Russia
• [Presentation] Overview of artificial ground-fire experiment on water and carbon cycle processes in a mature larch forest of spasskaya pad forest, Yakutia. The IVth Annual International Workshop on"C/H2O/energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Siberia (2008)
  • Author(s): Saito H., Hasegawa S
  • Organizer: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha
  • Place of Presentation: Russia
• [Presentation] Study of parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence in Pinus sylvestris L. needles growing under the conditions of cryolothic zone. The IVth Annual International Workshop on"C/H_2O/ energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Siberia (2008)
  • Author(s): Sofronova V.E., Saito H., Maximov T.C
  • Organizer: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha
  • Place of Presentation: Russia
• [Presentation] Larch taiga on permafrost is facing the risk of catastrophic degradation by immoderate increasing precipitation regimes (2008)
  • Author(s): Saito H., Hasegawa S
  • Organizer: International Symposium Sentinel Earth, Detection of Environmental Change. 5-7th
  • Place of Presentation: Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo
• [Presentation] Larch taiga on pernafrost is facing the risk of catastrophic degradation by immoderate increasing precipitation regimes (2008)
  • Author(s): Hideyuki Saito, Hidenari Iwasaki, Alexander P. Isaev, Kazunobu Kuwao, Alexander N. Fedorov, Trofim C. Maximov, Shuich Hasegawa
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Sentinell Earth, Detection of Environnmental Change
  • Place of Presentation: Hokkaido Univ. (Sapporo)
• [Presentation] Soil water balance scenario after an artificial ground-fire in a mature larch forest in eastern Siberia (2008)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki H., Saito H., Hasegawa S. Maximov T. C.
  • Organizer: The IVth Annual International Workshop on "C / H_2O / energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern siberia
  • Place of Presentation: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Vakutsk, Russia)
• [Presentation] Overview of artificial ground-fire experiment on water and carbon cycle processes in a mature larch forest of Spasskaya Padforest, Yakutia (2008)
  • Author(s): Saito H., Iwasaki H. Kuwao K, Takahashi K., Hasegawa S., Maximov T. C.
  • Organizer: The IVth Annual International Workshop on "C / H_2O / energy balance and climate oven boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Siberia
  • Place of Presentation: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutsk, Russia)
• [Presentation] Study of parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence in Pinus sylvestris L. needles growing under the conditions of cryolothic zone (2008)
  • Author(s): Sofronova V. E., Saito H., Maximov T. C.
  • Organizer: The IVth Annual International Workshop on "C / H_2O / energy balance and climate over boreal regions with special emphasis on eastern Siberia
  • Place of Presentation: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutsk, Russia)
• [Presentation] GHG emission from different stages of thermokarst in Central Yakutia, Russia (2007)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin AR., Hatano R
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会北海道支部秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学, 札幌市
  • Year and Date: 2007-12-25
• [Presentation] GHG emission from different stages of thermokarst in Central Yakutia, Russia (2007)
  • Author(s): Alexey Desyatkin, Fumiaki Takakai, Maya Nikolaeva, Pavel Fedorov, Roman Desyatkin, Ryusuke Hatano
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会北海道支部秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道農業研究センター(札幌市)
  • Year and Date: 2007-12-05
• [Presentation] Larix cajanderi成木における心材、辺材および樹皮の垂直分布 (2007)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之
  • Organizer: 日本森林学会北海道支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌市コンベンションセンター, 札幌市
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-05
• [Presentation] Larix cajanderi成木における心材、辺材および樹皮の垂直分布 (2007)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之・高橋邦秀・Trofim C. Maximov
  • Organizer: 日本森林学会北海道支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌コンベンションセンター(札幌市)
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-05
• [Presentation] 永久凍土地帯における土壌の高水分状態による森林衰退の可能性 (2007)
  • Author(s): 岩崎秀威・斎藤秀之・長谷川周一
  • Organizer: 第49回土壌物理学会シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学,福岡市
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-13
• [Presentation] 永久凍土地帯における土壌の高水分状態による森林衰退の可能性 (2007)
  • Author(s): 岩崎秀威・桑尾和伸・斎藤秀之・Trofim C. MAXIMOV・長谷川周一
  • Organizer: 土壌物理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学(福岡市)
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-13
• [Presentation] Comparison of grassland NEP and NBP of Hokkaido and Central Yakutia, Russia (2007)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin A.R., Hatano R
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会東京大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農業大学, 東京
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-23
• [Presentation] ロシア・東シベリアのタイガカラマツ林におけるCH4, N2Oフラックスの季節・年次変動 (2007)
  • Author(s): 高階史章・波多野隆介
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会東京大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農業大学, 東京
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-23
• [Presentation] 東シベリアのカラマツ成熟林における葉, 枝, 幹の現存量と表面積 (2007)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之・T.C. Maximov
  • Organizer: 第118回日本森林学会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学, 福岡
  • Year and Date: 2007-04-03
• [Presentation] 東シベリアのカラマツ成熟林における葉,枝,幹の現存量と表面積 (2007)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之・T.C.マキシモフ
  • Organizer: 第118回日本森林学会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学(福岡市)
  • Year and Date: 2007-04-03
• [Presentation] 東シベリアのカラマツ老齢個体における短枝の長枝化現象. (2007)
  • Author(s): 城田徹央・斎藤秀之
  • Organizer: 第54回日本生態学会, B1-09
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学, 松山
  • Year and Date: 2007-03-20
• [Presentation] Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon budget from grasslands in Southern Hokkaido and Central Yakutia (2007)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin A.R., Hatano R
  • Organizer: East and Southeast Asian Federation of Soil Science
  • Place of Presentation: つくば国際会議場, つくば市
• [Presentation] Ground -fire is not a significant event reducing shoot photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in the canopy of mature larch stand in eastern Siberia: A field manipulation experiment (2007)
  • Author(s): Saito, H., Hasegawa, S
  • Organizer: Fourth international wildfire conference
  • Place of Presentation: Seville, Spain
• [Presentation] Changing precipitation regimes and photosynthetic performance of the East-Siberian taiga (2007)
  • Author(s): Saito H
  • Organizer: European Geosceinces Union 2007
  • Place of Presentation: Austria Center Vienna, Austria
• [Presentation] ロシア・東シベリアのタイガカラマツ林におけるCH_4,N_2Oフラックスの季節・年次変動 (2007)
  • Author(s): 高階史章・森下智陽・A. R. Desyatkin・C. M. L. Lopez・A. N. Fedorov・R. V. Desyatkin・波多野 隆介
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農業大学(東京都)
• [Presentation] Comparison of grassland NEP and NBP of Hokkaido and Central Yakutia, Russia (2007)
  • Author(s): Alexey Desyatkin, Mariko Shimizu, Fumiaki Takakai, Pavel Fedorov, Roman Desyatkin, Ryusuke Hatano
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農業大学(東京都)
• [Presentation] Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions from and carbon budget for grasslands in Southern Hokkaido and Central Yakutia (2007)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin A. R., Shimizu M., Takakai F., Fedorov P. B., Desyatkin R. V. and Hatano R.
  • Organizer: Eighth Conference of the East and Southe ast Asian Federation of Soil Science
  • Place of Presentation: つくば国際会議場(Tsukuba, Japan)
• [Presentation] Changing precipitation regimes and photosynthetic performance of the East-Siberian taiga. (2007)
  • Author(s): Saito Hideyuki, T. Shirota, L. Lopez, G. Iwahana, T. Maximov, M. Shibuya, K. Takahashi
  • Organizer: European Geosceinces Union 2007
  • Place of Presentation: Austria Center Vienna(Wina, Austria)
• [Presentation] Ground-fire is not a significant event reducing shoot photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in the canopy of mature larch stand in eastern Siberia: A field manipulation experiment. (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideyuki Saito, Kunihide Takahashi, Matsuki Sasaki, Hidenori Iwasaki, Shuuichi Hasegawa, Tetsuoh Shirota, Trofim C. Maximov, Masato Shibuya
  • Organizer: Wildland fire conference 2007
  • Place of Presentation: Conference and Exhibition Centre of Sevilla(Sevila, Spain)
• [Presentation] GHG emissions and carbon balance from an alas ecosystem in east Siberia (2006)
  • Author(s): Desyatkin A.R., Hatano R
  • Organizer: 日本土壌肥料学会北海道支部秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学, 札幌
  • Year and Date: 2006-11-29
• [Presentation] ペドトランスファーファンクションを用いた土壌水分特性の推定 (2006)
  • Author(s): 岩崎秀威・長谷川周一・波多野隆介
  • Organizer: 第48回土壌物理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学, 札幌市
  • Year and Date: 2006-10-14
• [Presentation] CH4 emission from a Siberian Alas ecosystem near Yakutsk, Russia (2006)
  • Author(s): Takakai F., Hatano R
  • Organizer: Asian Conference on permafrost
  • Place of Presentation: Lanzhou, China
• [Book] Changing precipitation regimes and LAI in a mature larch forest in eastern Siberia. 209-216, In : Influence of climatic and ecological changes on permafrost ecosystems (Eds, Ivanov B.I. et.al.), Proceedings of 3rd international conference, 'The Role of Permafrost Ecosystem in Global Climate Change (2007)
  • Author(s): Saito H
  • Total Pages: 248
  • Publisher: Yakutsk, YSC Publishing House SB, RAS
• [Book] Upscaling of aboveground respiration during summer in a mature larch (Larix cajanderi) forest on Siberian permafrost. 217-221, In : Influence of climatic and ecological changes on permafrost ecosystems (Eds, Ivanov B.I. et al.), Proceedings of 3rd international conference, 'The Role of Permafrost Ecosystem in Global Climate Change (2007)
  • Author(s): Saito H
  • Total Pages: 248
  • Publisher: Yakutsk, YSC Publishing House SB, RAS
• [Book] A significance of shoot reversion of mature larch trees in Spasskaya Pad : an architectural analysis. 204-209, In: Influence of climatic and ecological changes on permafrost ecosystems (Eds, Ivanov B.I. et.al.), Proceedings of 3rd international conference, 'The Role of Permafrost Ecosystem in Global Climate Change (2007)
  • Author(s): Shirota T., Saito H.・Maximov T.C.
  • Total Pages: 248
  • Publisher: Yakutsk, YSC Publishing House SB
• [Book] The effect of artificial ground-fire on soil water regime in a mature larch forest in eastern Siberia. 221-226, In : Influence of climatic and ecological changes on permafrost ecosystems (Eds, Ivanov B.I. et.al.), Proceedings of 3rd international conference, 'The Role of Permafrost Ecosystem in Global Climate Change (2007)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki H., Hasegawa S., Saito H.
  • Total Pages: 248
  • Publisher: Yakutsk, YSC Publishing House SB, RAS