Ecology of Riparian Forests in Japan

Part 1. Introduction

1. Features of riparian forests in Japan
Hitoshi 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
Toshikazu Tamura

3. Sediment dynamics and characteristics with respect to river disturbance
Seiji Yanai

Part 3. Riparian community

4. Vegetation-geographic evaluation of the syntaxonomic system of valley-bottom forests occurring in the cooltemperate zone of the Japanese Archipelago
Keiichi Ohno

Part4. 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
Hitoshi Sakio, Masako Kubo, Koji Shimano, Keiichi Ohno

6. Population dynamics and key stages in two Japanese riparian elements
Yuko Kaneko, Takenori Takada

7. Rodent seed hoarding and regeneration of Aesculus turbinata: patterns, processes and implications
Kazuhiko 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
Hiroka Ito, Satoshi Ito

Part 5. Riparian forests on wide alluvial fan

9. Structure and composition of riparian forests with reference to geomorphic conditions
Shun-ichi 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
Shingo Ishikawa

11. Coexistence of Salix species in a seasonally flooded habitat
Kaoru 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
Mahito Kamada

13. Growth and nutrient economy of riparian Salix gracilistyla

Akiko Sasaki, Takayuki Nakatsubo

14. The expansion of woody shrub vegetation (Elaeagnus umbellata) along a regulated river channel
Mari Kohri

Part 7. Riparian forests in wetland

15. Distribution pattern and regeneration of swamp forest species with respect to site conditions
Hiroko Eujtta, Yoshiyasu Fujimura

16. Flooding adaptations of wetland trees
Fumiko Iwanaga, Fukuju Yamamoto

Part 8. Species diversity of riparian forests

17. Diversity of tree species in mountain riparian forest in relation to disturbance-mediated microtopography
Takashi Masaki, Katsuhiro Osumi, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Daisuke Hosino, Kazunori Takahashi, Kenji Matsune, Wajiro Suzuki

18. Diversity of forest floor vegegation with landform type
Motohiro Kawanishi, Hitoshi Sakio, Keiichi Ohno

Part 9. Endangered species and its conservation

19. Ecology and conservation of an endangered willow, Salix hukaoana

Wajiro Suzuki, Satoshi Kikuchi

20. Strategy for the reallocation of plantations to semi-natural forest for the conservation of endangered riparian tree species
Satoshi Ito, Yasushi Mitsuda, G. Peter Buckley, Masahiro Takagi

Part 10. Conclusion

21. General conclusions concerning riparian forest ecology and conservation
Hitoshi Sakio

Nyckelord: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000