Tree communities of lowland warm-temperate old-growth and neighboring shelterbelt forests in the Shikoku region of southwestern Japan

Shigeo Kuramoto; Shigenori Oshioka; Takahisa Hirayama; Kaori Sato; Yasumasa Hirata

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Tree communities of lowland warm-temperate old-growth and neighboring shelterbelt forests in the Shikoku region of southwestern Japan

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Authors:

Shigeo Kuramoto, Shigenori Oshioka, Takahisa Hirayama, Kaori Sato, Yasumasa Hirata

Year:

2007

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 25-30.

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Abstract

We characterized the tree species composition of a 30 ha old-growth and neighboring shelterbelt (reserved buffer strips among conifer plantations) in warm-temperate forests in the Shikoku region of southwestern Japan. Using a two-way indicator species analysis of data from 28 plots, we identified four structural groups in terms of relative basal area. These structural groups were interior and edge types of a greater than 30 ha old-growth, middle-sized (5- to 15-ha) shelterbelt type, and small-sized shelterbelt (less than 5 ha) type, respectively. Canonical correspondence analysis also showed differentiation of the four structural types along edge-interior gradient and remnant-size gradient.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium

Citation

Kuramoto, Shigeo; Oshioka, Shigenori; Hirayama, Takahisa; Sato, Kaori; Hirata, Yasumasa. 2007. Tree communities of lowland warm-temperate old-growth and neighboring shelterbelt forests in the Shikoku region of southwestern Japan. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 25-30.