2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Forest fire and vegetation changes in tropical seasonal forests in Thailand.
| Project/Area Number |
20405028
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Forest science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKADA Naoki Kyoto University, 農学研究科, 准教授 (40335302)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
EGUCHI Seiーichi 千葉県立中央博物館, 環境教育研究科, 研究員 (00301789)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SAKAI Masaharu 独立行政法人国際農林水産業研究センター, 研究員 (00353699)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 植物珪酸体 / 森林火災 / 植生変遷 / 落葉フタバガキ林 / 乾燥常緑林 |
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| Research Abstract |
Vegetation changes of tropical seasonal forests in Thailand was investigated using wood charcoal produced by forest fire and opal phytoliths. Forest fire occurred in Thailand at least 10000 years ago. The frequency of fire seemed to affect the forest vegetation: frequent fire induced deciduous dipterocarp forests, which were replaced with mixed deciduous forests, and then with evergreen forests with decreasing forest fire. Tropical seasonal forests were considered to be distributed to lower latitude area compared to the present distribution. Opal phytolith analysis used in this study was useful in studying past vegetation changes.
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Research Products
(8 results)
