Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2016

Seiten: 61-72

Zeitschrift: Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Bandnummer: 12

Heftnummer: 1

ISSN: 1860-1871

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-015-0278-y

Verlag: Springer

Abstract: 

Distributions of lucidophyllous species are limited due to the
fragmentation of laurel forest. On Komayama Hill in central Japan, we
evaluated the colonization of typical lucidophyllous vascular plants
from a 350-year-old laurel forest into adjacent abandoned secondary
forest for conservation and restoration purposes. A total of 14
consecutive subplots were established along the vegetation border
between the two forests (length, 30 m; width, 5 m), extending 70 m into
the secondary forest; 18 quadrats of old-growth forest were surveyed.
Edge effects of old-growth forest were found to play an important role
in re-establishing lucidophyllous saplings and seedlings in the
secondary forest. In particular, the abundances of the four dominant
canopy species of the old-growth forest significantly decreased with
increasing distance. Hence, they are expected to colonize further into
the secondary forest and, ultimately, to dominate the canopy. However,
the number of lucidophyllous species did not change with distance.
Species such as Ficus nipponica, Damnacanthus indicus, Ilex integra, and Lemmaphyllum microphyllum
were near-completely or completely limited to the old-growth forest.
They are known to be negatively affected by forest fragmentation and
were observed to be struggling to colonize the exterior of the
old-growth forest even after 60 years of abandonment. Their absence
highlighted the limited colonization capacities of some old-growth
forest species and underlined the time required for habitat restoration
following human disturbance. We conclude that it is important to
consider the population dynamics of dominant canopy species and the
colonization of these interior species when assessing the habitat
expansion of lucidophyllous species and hence the restoration of
degraded lands.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Sasaki, K., Ichinose, T., Doko, T., Imoto, I. and Jopp, F. (2016) Establishment of laurel forest vegetation in adjacent secondary forest in central Japan, Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 12(1), pp. 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-015-0278-y

APA-Zitierstil: Sasaki, K., Ichinose, T., Doko, T., Imoto, I., & Jopp, F. (2016). Establishment of laurel forest vegetation in adjacent secondary forest in central Japan. Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 12(1), 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-015-0278-y