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Succession of secondary forests affected by pine wilt disease in western Japan followed on vegetation maps
Author(s) -
Toyohara Gentaro,
Fujihara Michiro
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
applied vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.096
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1654-109X
pISSN - 1402-2001
DOI - 10.2307/1478956
Subject(s) - ecological succession , evergreen , deciduous , wilt disease , vegetation (pathology) , pinus densiflora , forestry , pine forest , ecology , quercus serrata , geography , biology , agroforestry , botany , medicine , pathology
. Succession, changes in the distribution pattern of forest vegetation, and Pinus forest survival following pine wilt disease were clarified based on phytosociological analysis and vegetation maps. Survival of Pinus forests was restricted to the early successional stages, which were located on ridges and the upper part of slopes. Subsequent to pine wilt disease, the succession progressed from early to late substages of Pinus forest, mixed deciduous and evergreen Quercus , to evergreen Quercus forest. Succession occurs in abandoned pine forests which apparently are in a bad state and are vulnerable to attacks by pine wilt disease.