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Dynamics of small forest fragments and its aboveground carbon stocks

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24770012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionYamagata University (2013)
Tohoku University (2012)

Principal Investigator

TOMIMATSU Hiroshi  山形大学, 理学部, 准教授 (40555398)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KONNO Yasuo  帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 教授 (00111196)
YAMAGISHI Hiroki  弘前大学, 白神自然環境研究所, 助教 (40576196)
SUZUKI Satoshi  東京大学, 農学生命科学研究科, 助教 (20633001)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords生息地の分断化 / 生態系機能 / 森林
Research Abstract

Forest fragmentation does not only remove carbon stocks of logged forests, but can also erode substantial biomass from remnant forests through elevated tree mortality. We studied tree communities and biomass across eight stands of Japanese temperate forests, fragmented anthropogenically around 1940s, along a gradient of fragment sizes. Analysis of size structure and tree-ring series inferred that smaller fragments lost more biomass due to deaths of large trees soon after the fragmentation events. Afterwards the biomass appeared to have recovered more rapidly with increasing severity of fragmentation. These results suggest that the time required for tree biomass to recover is extended for decades and certainly over half a century.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Edge-related changes in tree communities in the understory of mesic temperate forest fragments of northern Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, S.N., Tomimatsu, H., Oishi, Y. and Konno, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research

      Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Pages: 117-124

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11284-012-0995-8

    • NAID

      10031146023

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 森林の分断化に対する植物個体群と群集の長期的応答2014

    • Author(s)
      富松裕
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生態学会大会シンポジウム『森林景観の改変にともなう生物多様性と生態系機能の変化』
    • Place of Presentation
      広島
    • Year and Date
      2014-03-15
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 森林の分断化に対する植物個体群と群集の長期的応答

    • Author(s)
      富松 裕
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島国際会議場
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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