Forest Ecosystems and Environments

Preface Section 1 Integration of ecophysiological processes to stand dynamics Hikosaka K, Onoda Y, Kinugasa K, Nagashima H, Anten NPR, Hirose T Plant responses to elevated CO2 concentration at different scales: leaf, whole plant, canopy, and population. Kubo T, Kohyama T Abies population dynamics simulated by a functional-structural tree model. Hiura, T Estimation of aboveground biomass and net biomass increment in a cool temperate forest on a landscape scale. Section 2 Latitudinal/altitudinal transect of East Asia Aiba S, Takyu M, Kitayama K Dynamics of tropical rain forests along elevational and edaphic gradients on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, productivity and species rechness. Takyu M, Kubota Y, Aiba S, Seino T, Nishimura T Pattern of species diversity, structure and dynamics of forest ecosystems along latitudinal gradients in East Asia. Takenaka A Local coexistence of tree species and the dynamics of global distribution pattern along environmental gradient: a simulation study. Kohyama T Scaling up from shifting gap mosaic to geographic distribution in the modeling of forest dynamics. Section 3 Monitoring and modeling atmosphere-forest-soil processes Takanashi S, Kosugi Y, Tanaka Y, Yano M, Katayama T, Tanaka H, Tani M CO2 exchange in a temperate Japanese cypress forest compared with that in a cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest. Shibata H, Hiura T, Tanaka Y, Takagi K, Koike T Carbon cycling and budget in a forested basin in southwestern Hokkaido, northern Japan. Hiyama T, Kochi K, Kobayashi N, Sirisampan S Seasonal variations in stomatal conductance and physiological factors observed in a secondary warm temperate forest. Section 4 Forest-lake interface in watershed systems Kawasaki M, Ohte N, Katsuyama M Biogeochemical and hydrological controls on carbon export from a forested catchment in central Japan. Konohira E, Yoshioka T Dissolved organic carbon and nitrate concentrations in stream - A useful index indicationg carbon and nitrogen availability in catchments - Urabe J, Yoshida T, Gurung TB, Sekino T, Tsugeki N, Nozaki K, Maruo M, Nakayama E, Nakanishi M The production to respiration ratio and its implication in Lake Biwa, Japan. Murase J, Sakai Y, Kametani A, Sugimoto A Dynamics of methane in a mesotrophic Lake Biwa, Japan. Subject Index