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Ecological meanings of wildfires in mountain forest ecosystems

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21780144
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Forest science
Research InstitutionYokohama National University

Principal Investigator

MORI Akira  横浜国立大学, 環境情報研究院, 准教授 (90505455)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2011
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords森林生態 / 保護 / 保全 / 生態系管理 / 自然撹乱 / 気候変動 / 生態系サービス / ロッキー山脈 / 山火事 / 土地利用 / 古生態学
Research Abstract

This study evaluates historical changes in wildfire regime in subalpine forests of Kootenay National Park(KNP), Canadian Rockies. This study used response to severe fires at the beginning of the 21^<at> century, along with historical reconstructions to examine crown-fire effects on landscape heterogeneity and to assess, comparatively, effects of fire exclusion management in the past. The large fires were within the natural range of disturbances for this forest landscape, and linked with the changing climate, indicating that the large fires do not stand out as "human-induced disasters" in their effects on landscape patterns. Such stochastic large disturbances are the essential part of natural ecological processes.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2011 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2010 Annual Research Report
  • 2009 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2012 2011 2010 2009

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results) Presentation (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Ecosystem management based on natural disturbances : hierarchical context and non-equilibrium paradigm2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Ecology

      Volume: Vol.48 Issue: 2 Pages: 280-292

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01956.x

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report 2011 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Climatic variability regulates the occurrence and extent of large fires in the subalpine forests of the Canadian Rockies2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori
    • Journal Title

      Ecosphere

      Volume: Vol.2

    • URL

      http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES10-00174.1

    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report 2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Historic variability in fire-generated landscape heterogeneity of subalpine forests in the Canadian Rockies2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S, Mori Kenneth, P Lertzman
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Vegetation Science

      Volume: Vol.22 Issue: 1 Pages: 45-58

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01230.x

    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 自然撹乱に基づくエコシステムマネジメント-破壊される必要性2011

    • Author(s)
      森章
    • Journal Title

      遺伝

      Volume: 65(5) Pages: 20-27

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Historic variability in fire-generated landscape heterogeneity of subalpine forests in the Canadian Rockies2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori, Kenneth P Lertzman
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Vegetation Science

      Volume: 22 Pages: 45-58

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 撹乱生態学が繙く森林生態系の非平衡性2010

    • Author(s)
      森章
    • Journal Title

      日本生態学会誌

      Volume: Vol.60 Pages: 19-39

    • URL

      http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007594014

    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report 2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Within-crown structural variability of dwarfed mature Abies mariesii in a snowy subalpine parkland in central Japan.2009

    • Author(s)
      Mori AS, Mizumachi E
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Forest Research 14

      Pages: 155-166

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Convergence of leaf display and photosynthetic characteristics of understory Abies amabilis and Tsuga heterophylla in an old-growth forest in southwestern Washington State, USA.2009

    • Author(s)
      Ishii H, Yoshimura K, Mori A
    • Journal Title

      Tree Physiology 29

      Pages: 989-998

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] スウェーデンにおける生物多様性の保全に資する森林管理の試み2009

    • Author(s)
      森章
    • Journal Title

      保全生態学研究 14

      Pages: 283-291

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Coping with possible wildfire regime shifts under a changing climate : The need for local management.2012

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori, Edward A Johnson
    • Organizer
      The Fifth Scientific Congress of East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies
    • Place of Presentation
      Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-20
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Historic variability in fire-generated landscape heterogeneity of subalpine forests in the Canadian Rockies2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori, Kenneth P Lertzman
    • Organizer
      Mega Fire Reality (Forest Ecology and Management conference)
    • Place of Presentation
      フロリダ州立大学(米国)
    • Year and Date
      2011-11-11
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Historic variability in fire-generated landscape heterogeneity of subalpine forests in the Canadian Rockies2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori, Kenneth P Lertzman
    • Organizer
      Mega Fire Reality(Forest Ecology and Management conference)
    • Place of Presentation
      Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
    • Year and Date
      2011-11-01
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Climatic variability regulates the occurrence and extent of large fires in subalpine forests of the Canadian Rockies2011

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori
    • Organizer
      96th The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Austin Convention Center, Texas, USA
    • Year and Date
      2011-08-09
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 自然撹乱体制を尊重した生態系管理2010

    • Author(s)
      森章
    • Organizer
      東北大学生態適応GCOEセミナー
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学片平キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2010-07-02
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 気候変動と人間活動が森林の撹乱体制に与える影響の評価2010

    • Author(s)
      森章
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-03-18
    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] なぜ生態系の管理が必要なのか?2010

    • Author(s)
      森章
    • Organizer
      グローバルCOEプログラム「アジア視点の国際生態リスクマネジメント」公開シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜国立大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-03-10
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of anthropogenic and natural forcing on large wildfire activity in the Canadian Rocky Mountains2010

    • Author(s)
      Akira S Mori
    • Organizer
      Seminar at the Ecological Centre
    • Place of Presentation
      The University of Queensland
    • Year and Date
      2010-02-19
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report

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Published: 2009-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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