Structure and Function of Mountain Ecosystems in Japan

1. Influences of Climate Change on the Distribution and Population Dynamics of Subalpine Coniferous Forest in the Hakkoda Mountains, Northern Japan
Tohru Nakashizuka, Masaya Shimazaki, Takehiro Sasaki, Takahisa Tanaka, Hiroko Kurokawa, Kouki Hikosaka

2. Trait-Based Approaches for Understanding Species Niche, Coexistence, and Functional Diversity in Subalpine Moorlands
Kouki Hikosaka, Takehiro Sasaki, Chiho Kamiyama, Masatoshi Katabuchi, Shimpei Oikawa, Masaya Shimazaki, Hiroshi Kimura, Tohru Nakashizuka

3. Landscape Structure of Flowering Phenology in Alpine Ecosystems: Significance of Plant–Pollinator Interactions and Evolutionary Aspects
Gaku Kudo

4. Plant Genetic Diversity and Plant–Pollinator Interactions Along Altitudinal Gradients
Takao Itino, Akira S. Hirao

5. Vegetation Zonation and Conifer Dominance Along Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients in Humid Regions of the Western Pacific
Shin-ichiro Aiba

6. Roles of Terrestrial Carbon Subsidies to Aquatic Community Metabolism in Mountain Lake Ecosystems
Tomoya Iwata, Naoka Mochizuki, Takao Suzuki, Ayato Kohzu, Hisaya Kojima, Manabu Fukui, Jotaro Urabe

7. Planktonic Bacterial Communities in Mountain Lake Ecosystems
Masanori Fujii, Toshihide Hirao, Hisaya Kojima, Manabu Fukui

Keywords: Life Sciences, Ecosystems, Plant Physiology, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Freshwater & Marine Ecology