1979
DOI: 10.2307/1942487
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Subalpine Coniferous Forests of Central Honshu, Japan

Abstract: Mature subalpine forest communities were sampled at four locations in central Honshu, Japan–Mounts Fuji and Ontake and Yatsugatake and Chichibu Mountains. Data were subjected to similarity—ordination and association analyses. There are three major groups of communities: Tsuga diversifolia/moss, Abies spp./herb, and conifer/Sasa. Tsuga/moss forest understories are depauperate in vascular plants or dominated by ericads such as Rhododendron and Menziesia and have very stony soils. Abies/herb forests have luxurian… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
4

Citation Types

3
86
0

Year Published

1981
1981
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
5
4

Relationship

0
9

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 119 publications
(89 citation statements)
references
References 10 publications
3
86
0
Order By: Relevance
“…There are three undergrowth types characterized by the dominant plant, they are moss, herb, and dwarf-bamboo: Sasa and Sasamorpha, and forests with moss undergrowth always have many conifer seedlings and young individuals, whereas those with dwarf-bamboo have few young individuals on the forest floor (Franklin et al 1979).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are three undergrowth types characterized by the dominant plant, they are moss, herb, and dwarf-bamboo: Sasa and Sasamorpha, and forests with moss undergrowth always have many conifer seedlings and young individuals, whereas those with dwarf-bamboo have few young individuals on the forest floor (Franklin et al 1979).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bamboo plays an important role for the giant panda itself and its habitat protection Qin, 1987, 1993;Taylor et al, 1995;Wu et al, 2005b), forest regeneration, and forest structure and function maintenance (Franklin et al, 1979;Narukawa and Yamamoto, 2002). However, cold temperature often limits plant growth in most of the dwarf bamboo habitats, leading to poor soil nutrient availability in spring .…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bamboos are typical understory tree-grasses in Japanese, Chilean, and Chinese temperate and subalpine forests where they achieve a high degree of dominance (Franklin et al, 1979;Taylor and Qin, 1988;Veblen, 1982). Many mammals and birds rely on this special niche as sites for foraging and nesting, in which the most famous are giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), red panda (Ailurus fulgens), and golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictu) (Gong et al, 2006;Reid et al, 1991;Reid et al, 2004;Schaller et al, 1985).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%