Effects of climate change on patterns of long-term dynamics of evergreen coniferous forests in Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25440233
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Gunma University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIMURA Naoyuki 群馬大学, 社会情報学部, 教授 (10387904)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SUZUKI Satoshi 東京大学, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 助教 (20633001)
• Research Collaborator: HARA Toshihiko ; TOMARU Nobuhiro ; SAKAMOTO Keiji ; HIROBE Muneto ; NAKAGAWA Michiko ; OKADA Minori ; AKAJI Yasuaki ; MATSUI Kiyoshi ; TORIMARU Takeshi ; MATSUSHITA Michinari
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 胸高直径生長速度 / 年平均気温 / 日積算気温 / アメダス / 長期モニタリング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Patterns of long-term dynamics in the stem growth of evergreen coniferous trees in Japanese forests were examined in relation to the change in mean annual temperature during the period surveyed. Changes in mean annual temperature differed between stands in Honshu and stands in Hokkaido. Stem growth rates did not change during the survey period in cool- and warm-temperate evergreen coniferous forests. However, the long-term dynamics of growth rates in sub-alpine and sub-boreal evergreen coniferous forests were associated with changes in mean annual temperature during the survey period.

Free Research Field

森林生態学