The reconstruction modeling by BIOMES4 on the climate-flora interaction since last glacial maximum in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 13440232
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 生態
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI Satoshi (2003) Ehime University, Fac.Agr., Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (20281735); 二宮 生夫 (2001-2002) 愛媛大学, 農学部, 教授 (80172732)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OSAWA Akira Ryukoku University, Fac.Intercultural Communication, Professor, 国際文化学部, 教授 (90288647) ; TAKAHARA Hikaru Kyoto Pref.University, Fac.Agr., Professor, 農学部, 教授 (30216775) ; 山口 聡 愛媛大学, 農学部, 助教授 (20281735)
• Project Period (FY): 2001 – 2003
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
• Budget Amount: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000); Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000); Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000); Fiscal Year 2001: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
• Keywords: GCM / BIOME4 / Bioclimate Modeling / 花粉分析 / 植生 / 氷河期 / 古気候 / 冷温帯林 / 暖温帯林

Research Abstract

Biome reconstructions for Japan has been carried out using polle fosile data during the glacial period in Eastern Asia including Japan. An individual pollen assemblages to biomes was tested to reconstruct palaeo vegetation patterns 6000 and 18,000 14 C yr B.P. Biomes were correctly assigned, however, Incorrect assignments occur near the altitudinal limits, from lower altitudes. The reconstructed changes in the altitudinal limits of biomes are likely to be conserved by refuged ancestral flora. The similar biome distribution to the present biome was at 6000 14 C yr B.P. This suggests that changes in the bioclimate of Japan was smaller since the mid-Holocene and followed climates. At 18,000 14 C yr B.P. the Japanese lowlands were covered by taiga and cool mixed forests. The southward expansion of taiga forests progressed after then

Research Products

• [Publications] 小見山 章, 加藤 正吾, 二宮 生夫: "岐阜県飛騨地方における落葉広葉樹林の相対成長関係"日本林学会誌. 84(2). (2002)
• [Publications] Usoltsev, VA., A.I.Komnova, T.Kajimoto, A.Osawa, T.Koike: "Geographical gradients of annual biomass production from larch forests in northern Eurasia"Eurasian Journal of Forest Research. 5. 55-62 (2002)
• [Publications] Kohira, M.Ninomiya, I.: "Detecting tree populations at risk : Using single-year VS long-term inventory data"Forest Ecology and Management. 174. 423-435 (2003)
• [Publications] Osawa, A., A.P.Abaimov, Y.Matsuura, T.Kajimoto, O.A.Zyryanova: "Anomalous patterns of stand development in larch forests of Siberia"Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Global Change : Connection to the Arctic 2002. (In press). 130-134
• [Publications] S.Yamaguchi: "Micropropagation of Rhododendron uwaense, an endemic and red-data(endangered/rare)species in Japan with cormmercial production potential"Acta Hort.. (In press).
• [Publications] Harrison, S.P., Yu, G., H.Takahara, Prentice I.C.: "Diversity of temperate plants in east Asia"Nature. 413. 129-130 (2001)
• [Publications] Kohira, M., Ninomiya, I.: "Detecting tree populations at risk : Using single-year VS long-term inventory data"Forest Ecology and Management. (印刷中).