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dc.contributor.editorSakio, Hitoshi
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-15T15:09:00Z
dc.date.available2020-06-15T15:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierONIX_20200615_9789811530098_48
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39575
dc.description.abstractThis open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over time. The research, focusing on the Ooyamazawa riparian forest, one of the remaining old-growth forests in Japan, has yielded a number of interesting outcomes. First, it shows that large-scale disturbances afford various trees opportunities for regeneration and are thus the driving force for the coexistence of canopy trees in riparian forests. Second, it identifies changes in reproductive patterns, highlighting that seed production has in fact quantitatively increased over the past two decades. Third, it describes the decline in forest floor vegetation caused by deer grazing and reveals how this decline has affected bird and insect populations. The book illustrates the interconnectedness of phenomena within an ecosystem and the resultant potential for cascade effects and also stresses the need for long-term ecological studies of climate change impacts on forests. It will be of interest to both professionals and academics in the field of forest science.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEcological Research Monographs
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphereen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silvicultureen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany and plant sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environmenten_US
dc.subject.otherEcology
dc.subject.otherForestry
dc.subject.otherPlant Ecology
dc.subject.otherEcosystems
dc.subject.otherEnvironment, general
dc.subject.otherRiparian Ecology
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subject.otherChanges in forest vegetation
dc.subject.otherLong-term ecological research
dc.subject.otherLife history of trees
dc.subject.otherRiparian forest
dc.subject.otherNatural disturbance
dc.subject.otherMasting behavior
dc.subject.otherForest decline
dc.subject.otherEcological science, the Biosphere
dc.subject.otherForestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
dc.subject.otherBotany & plant sciences
dc.subject.otherThe environment
dc.titleLong-Term Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-981-15-3009-8
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.imprintSpringer
oapen.pages234
oapen.place.publicationSingapore


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