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Climate Change and Plants in East Asia

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Kenji Omasa

    1. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

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  2. Keiko Kai

    1. Global Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

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  3. Hiroshi Taoda

    1. Plant Ecology Section, Forest Environmental Division, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

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  4. Zenbei Uchijima

    1. School of Humanities, Miyazaki Municipal University, Miyazaki, 880, Japan

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  5. Masatoshi Yoshino

    1. Institute of Geography, Aichi University, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441, Japan

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLIV
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  2. Modeling and Prediction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Climatic Change Scenarios for Monsoon Asia Based on 2 × CO2-GCM Experiments

      • Zenbei Uchijima, Shunji Ohta
      Pages 3-12

    3. Probable Effects of Climatic Changes on Plant Production of Monsoon Asia

      • Zenbei Uchijima, Shunji Ohta
      Pages 13-24

    4. Model Expectation of Impacts of Global Climate Change on Biomes of the Tibetan Plateau

      • Xinshi Zhang, Dianan Yang, Guangsheng Zhou, Chunying Liu, Jie Zhang
      Pages 25-38

    5. Effects of Elevated CO2 and Global Climate Change on Rice Yield in Japan

      • Takeshi Horie, Tsutomu Matsui, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Kenji Omasa
      Pages 39-56

    6. Prediction of Japanese Potential Vegetation Distribution in Response to Climatic Change

      • Atsushi Tsunekawa, Hitoshi Ikeguchi, Kenji Omasa
      Pages 57-65

    7. Climatic Change and Its Impacts on the Vegetation Distribution in China

      • Atsushi Tsunekawa, Xinshi Zhang, Guangsheng Zhou, Kenji Omasa
      Pages 67-84

    8. Effects of Global Warming on the Phenological Observation in Japan

      • Keiko Kai, Mikiko Kainuma, Naomi Murakoshi
      Pages 85-92

    9. Variations in the Plant Phenology Affected by Global Warming

      • Masatoshi Yoshino, Hye-Sook Park Ono
      Pages 93-107

    10. Use of a Water Temperature-Ecological Model to Simulate Global Warming Effects on a Lake Ecosystem

      • Masaaki Hosomi, Tetsu Saigusa, Takuya Okubo, Akihiko Murakami
      Pages 109-136

  3. Mountain Vegetation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Climatic Change and Snowpatches, Revealed by Soil Stratigraphy Around the Nivation Hollows

      • Hiromu Daimaru, Shigeto Ikeda
      Pages 139-147

    3. Effects of External Factors on Growth and Structure of Pinus pumila Scrub in Mt. Kinpu, Central Japan

      • Takuya Kajimoto, Nahoko Kurachi, Yukihiro Chiba, Hajime Utsugi, Moriyoshi Ishizuka
      Pages 149-156

    4. Effects of Environmental Conditions on the Site Dynamics of a Subalpine Forest in the Akaishi Mountains, Japan

      • Shigeo Kobayashi, Hisao Sakai, Nagaharu Tanaka, Kiyoshi Fujimoto
      Pages 157-166

    5. Modeling of Snowmelt and Soil Temperature Evolution in Subalpine Snow Patch

      • Yoshikazu Ohtani, Takeshi Morisawa, Katsumi Yamanoi, Hiromu Daimaru, Yoshiaki Goto
      Pages 167-174

    6. Expansion of Elevational Distribution of Beech (Fagus crenata Blume) Along the Climatic Gradient from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan in Honshu, Japan

      • Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Taoda
      Pages 175-184

    7. The Temperate Elements of the Flora of the Nansei-Shoto (The Ryukyu Islands) and the Global Climatic Change

      • Hideaki Ohba
      Pages 185-204

    8. Concluding Remarks

      • Masatoshi Yoshino, Zenbei Uchijima, Kenji Omasa, Keiko Kai, Hiroshi Taoda
      Pages 205-208

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 209-215
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East Asia, with its large, fast-growing population and rapid industrialization, is an important area for global environmental problems, both in terms of the generation of greenhouse gases and the effects of any change in crop yields. The probable climate changes caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases and the modeling of plant production, vegetation distribution, phenological events, and lake ecosystems are discussed in this book. Besides providing an overview and synthesis of recent research, this volume shows the importance of analyzing local field data on microclimates, soil environments, the extent of snow cover, and the productivity of mountain vegetation. The possible effects of increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and rising temperatures on rice yield are shown from controlled environment experiments. This book will be particularly valuable to researchers and students in the fields of ecology, crop science, forestry, and environmental sciences as well as being of interest to anyone concerned with global environmental problems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Kenji Omasa

  • Global Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Keiko Kai

  • Plant Ecology Section, Forest Environmental Division, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Hiroshi Taoda

  • School of Humanities, Miyazaki Municipal University, Miyazaki, 880, Japan

    Zenbei Uchijima

  • Institute of Geography, Aichi University, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441, Japan

    Masatoshi Yoshino

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