2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Impact assessment in climate change: carbon, water and heat cycle in mountainous forest ecosystems
| Project/Area Number |
23710005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Environmental dynamic analysis
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| Research Institution | Gifu University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITOH Taku 岐阜大学, 流域圏科学研究センター, 特定研究補佐員 (50420352)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 物質循環 / 気候変動 |
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| Research Abstract |
We assessed the environmental sensitivities of forest ecosystem functions in mountainous forest ecosystems in climate change by using field measurement data and ecosystem modeling simulations. We clarified that ecosystem functions were strongly influenced by changing canopy phenology and snow-cover period under global warming. Our analysis indicates the importance of understanding space-time distributions of canopy phenology dynamics and snow-cover and of their consideration into the mechanistic evaluation of ecosystem functions in the climate studies.
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