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Inhibition of the regeneration of Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) by black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) in coastal sand dunes

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Pine forests are declining because of pine wilt disease and Robinia pseudoacacia, a nitrogen-fixing species, is dominating coastal forests along the Sea of Japan. We examined the effects of R. pseudoacacia on the regeneration of a native pine species, Pinus thunbergii. Two 200 m2 plots were set up at the border of a P. thunbergii and R. pseudoacacia-dominated area in a coastal forest. We conducted monthly censuses of emergence, distribution and survival of pine seedlings in the plots from May 2003 to December 2004. Light intensity and soil properties were also measured to analyze the relationships between the survival of pine seedlings and environmental conditions using the Mantel test and the structural equation model. Pinus thunbergii seedlings emerged in spring–early summer and in late autumn. Survival of pine seedlings in the R. pseudoacacia-dominated subplots was less than half that in the pine-dominated subplots. Survival of pine seedlings emerging in May 2003 was significantly reduced by the lower light intensity and higher soil nitrogen in R. pseudoacacia-dominated subplots. The tendency was the same for seedlings emerging from April to May 2004. We concluded that R. pseudoacacia reduced the intensity of light during the growing season and increased the nitrogen content of soil, which resulted in inhibition of the natural regeneration of P. thunbergii.

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Acknowledgments

This study was joint research by the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University and the Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University. We thank Junichi Kikuchi, Faculty of Education, Nara University, Yuko Takeuchi, Laboratory of Environmental Mycoscience, Kyoto University, and Dr Sumiko Kaihara for their valuable suggestions. We are also grateful to Dr Takashi Osono, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, for measurement of soil conditions.

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  1. Laboratory of Environmental Mycoscience, Division of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Takeshi Taniguchi & Kazuyoshi Futai

  2. Revegetation and Grassland Development, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

    Shigenobu Tamai & Norikazu Yamanaka

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Taniguchi, T., Tamai, S., Yamanaka, N. et al. Inhibition of the regeneration of Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) by black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) in coastal sand dunes. J For Res 12, 350–357 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-007-0023-y

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