Ecology of Riparian Forests in Japan (eBook)
XVI, 339 Seiten
Springer Tokyo (Verlag)
978-4-431-76737-4 (ISBN)
Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape and biodiversity. This book discusses riparian forests from subpolar to warm-temperate zones, covering headwater streams, braided rivers on alluvial fans, and low-gradient meandering rivers. It presents the dynamics and mechanisms that govern the coexistence of riparian tree species, tree demography, the response to water stress of trees, and the conservation of endangered species, and focuses on natural disturbances, life-history strategies, and the ecophysiology of trees. Because many riparian landscapes have been degraded and are disappearing at an alarming rate, the regeneration of the remaining riparian ecosystems is urgent. With contributions by more than 20 experts in diverse fields, this book offers useful information for the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of riparian ecosystems that remain in world streams and rivers.
Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape and biodiversity. This book discusses riparian forests from subpolar to warm-temperate zones, covering headwater streams, braided rivers on alluvial fans, and low-gradient meandering rivers. It presents the dynamics and mechanisms that govern the coexistence of riparian tree species, tree demography, the response to water stress of trees, and the conservation of endangered species, and focuses on natural disturbances, life-history strategies, and the ecophysiology of trees. Because many riparian landscapes have been degraded and are disappearing at an alarming rate, the regeneration of the remaining riparian ecosystems is urgent. With contributions by more than 20 experts in diverse fields, this book offers useful information for the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of riparian ecosystems that remain in world streams and rivers.
Contents Foreword
F. NAKAMURA Preface Part 1: Introduction 1 Features of Riparian Forests in Japan
H. SAKIO Part 2: Geography, disturbance regime and dynamics of sediments in riparian zone
2 Occurrence of hillslope processes affecting riparian vegetation in upstream watersheds of Japan
T. TAMURA 3 Sediment dynamics and characteristics with respect to river disturbance
S. YANAI Part 3: Riparian community
4 Vegetation-geographic evaluation of the syntaxonomic system of valley-bottom forests occurring in the cool-temperate zone of the Japanese Archipelago K. OHNO Part 4: Riparian forests in headwater stream
5 Coexistence mechanisms of three riparian species in the upper basin with respect to their life histories, ecophysiology, and disturbance regimes
H. SAKIO, M. KUBO, K. SHIMANO and K. OHNO
6 Population dynamics and key stages in two Japanese riparian elements
Y. KANEKO and T. TAKADA
7 Rodent seed hoarding and regeneration of Aesculus turbinata: patterns, processes and implications
K. HOSHIZAKI
8 Longitudinal variation in disturbance regime and community structure of a riparian forest established on a small alluvial fan in warm-temperate southern Kyushu, Japan
H. ITO and S. ITO Part 5: Riparian forests on wide alluvial fan
9 Structure and composition of riparian forests with reference to geomorphic conditions
S. KIKUCHI
10 Mosaic structure of riparian forests on the riverbed and floodplain of a braided river: A case study in the Kamikouchi Valley of the Azusa River S. ISHIKAWA 11 Coexistence of Salix species in a seasonally flooded habitat
K. NIIYAMA Part 6: Riparian forests in lowland regions
12 Process of willow community establishment and topographic change of riverbed in a warm-temperate region of Japan
M. KAMADA
13 Growth and nutrient economy of riparian Salix gracilistyla
A. SASAKI and T. NAKATSUBO
14 The expansion of woody shrub vegetation (Elaeagnus umbellata) along a regulated river channel
M. KOHRI Part 7: Riparian forests in wetland 15 Distribution pattern and regeneration of swamp forest species with respect to site conditions
H. FUJITA and Y. FUJIMURA 16 Flooding adaptations of wetland trees F. IWANAGA and F. YAMAMOTO Part 8: Species diversity of riparian forests
17 Diversity of tree species in mountain riparian forest in relation to disturbance-mediated microtopography
T. MASAKI, K. OSUMI, K. HOSHIZAKI, D. HOSHINO, K. TAKAHASHI, K. MATSUNE and W.SUZUKI
18 Diversity of forest floor vegetation with landform type
M. KAWANISHI, H. SAKIO and K. OHNO Part 9: Endangered species and its conservation
19 Ecology and conservation of an endangered willow, Salix hukaoana
W. SUZUKI and S. KIKUCHI
20 Strategy for the reallocation of plantations to semi-natural forest for the conservation of endangered riparian tree species
S. ITO, Y. MITSUDA, G. P. BUCKLEY and M. TAKAGI Part 10: Conclusion 21 General Conclusions Concerning Riparian Forest Ecology and Conservation
H. SAKIO Subject Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.12.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 339 p. 148 illus., 8 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Tokyo |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | biodiversity • Coexistence Mechanism • Disturbance Regime • Ecology • ecophysiology • ecosystem • Flooding • Forest • forestry management • growth • Life-history Strategy • Physiology • population dynamics • Regeneration • Riparian Vegetation • Sediment • species diversity • Tree • Vegetation • Water Stress • wetland |
| ISBN-10 | 4-431-76737-1 / 4431767371 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-4-431-76737-4 / 9784431767374 |
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