2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on process and mechanism of the forest-limit elevation on Mt. Fuji.
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19570013
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Ibaraki University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAMURA Yasuo Ibaraki University, 理学部, 教授 (50202388)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HORI Yoshimichi 茨城大学, 理学部, 教授 (30125801)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SHIOMI Masae 茨城大学, 名誉教授 (80250976)
NAKANO Takashi , 山梨県環境科学研究所, 研究員 (90342964)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 森林限界 / 植生分布 / 画像解析 / 生理生態 / 一次遷移 / 植生動態 / 火山植生 / 富士山 |
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| Research Abstract |
The analysis of aerial photograph and investigation of vegetation structure indicated that the forest-limit of Mt. Fuji was moving upward through the vegetation development into the volcanic desert and destruction of vegetation by avalanche. Establishment of the seedling of larch, a dominant early-successional tree species, depended on a nurse-plant effect of a pioneer dwarf species. Avalanches frequently disturbed the succession in the forest-limit by a drastic change of light-, moisture- and soil-conditions, which limited the photosynthesis, growth and survival of late-successional species.
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Research Products
(5 results)
