The combined effects of conservation policy and co-management alter the understory vegetation of urban woodlands: A case study in the Tama Hills area, Japan

Tsuchiya, Kazuaki; Okuro, Toshiya; Takeuchi, Kazuhiko

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.10.013

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“…The dominant understory vegetation is chino bamboo (Pleioblastus chino) 3 to 4 m in height. Our experiment focused on understory chino bamboo because sasa and/or dwarf bamboo may become the dominant understory vegetation in broadleaf forests, suppressing other species and constituting an important issue in sustainable forest management (Suzaki et al, 2005;Tsuchiya et al, 2013). Mean annual precipitation and air temperature were 1,400 mm and 14°C, respectively, based on data from the Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System (AMeDAS) at Tochigi, located 5.5 km south of the study site.…”

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Field estimation of interception in a broadleaf forest under multi-layered structure conditions

Abe

Gomi

Nakamura

et al. 2017

Hydrological Research Letters

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Abstract:We performed a field experiment on throughfall, stemflow, and bamboo culm flow to estimate interception in a deciduous broadleaf forest with different stand structures by separately removing the overstory and understory vegetation. The study area is occupied by oak (Quercus serrata) and chestnut (Castanea crenata) with an understory of chino bamboo (Pleioblastus chino). We established three plots for vegetation control, including an overstory plot (removal of understory), a bamboo plot (removal of overstory), and a control plot (both overstory and understory remained). Throughfall amounts relative to precipitation were 61% in the control plot, 54% in the overstory plot, and 31% in the bamboo plot. Average stemflow in control and overstory plots was 3% of precipitation. The significant difference in throughfall for the bamboo plot may have been caused by the high density of understory vegetation. A large portion of intercepted water is transferred to the ground as bamboo culm flow in the understory beneath the canopy in the control plot and in the bamboo plot. Our experiment highlighted the significance of understory vegetation in altering hydrological processes from canopy to understory vegetation.

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Field estimation of interception in a broadleaf forest under multi-layered structure conditions

Abe

Gomi

Nakamura

et al. 2017

Hydrological Research Letters

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“…Finally, underutilization is a relatively unique phenomenon to countries where populations are decreasing or aging and driving the loss of BES through the transformation of abandoned lands to new ecosystems (Putra and Nakamura 2009;Kieninger et al 2011;Morimoto 2011;Tsuchiya et al 2013;Plieninger et al 2014;Queroiz et al 2014;Katayama et al 2015;Shimada 2015;Li and Li 2016;Osawa et al 2016;Takeuchi et al 2016). For instance, in Japan's Toyooka City, underutilization in the form of abandonment of farmlands served as a major factor in the disappearance of oriental white storks, an important fauna in maintaining the area's wetland ecosystem (Toyooka City 2012).…”

Section: An Accelerating Loss Of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services mentioning

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Place-Based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes in Asia

Kozar

Galang

Sedhain

et al. 2020

Science for Sustainable Societies

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The relevance of traditional land-use systems in Asia is under threat from externally influenced drivers such as the use of modern agricultural technologies, urbanization, rapid industrialization, overexploitation, and underutilization. The impacts of these changes in land use are contributing to a loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) in social-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). Societal actors operating from multiple scales create and implement place-based solutions in SEPLS in response to landscape-specific challenges and opportunities for achieving biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. This study aims to identify and demonstrate the abundance of place-based solutions for solving challenges to sustainable use and management of natural resources in SEPLS, and to better inform the existing suite of conservation and restoration solutions. We review a set of 88 case studies from The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) in the South, East and Southeast Asian regions using a societal-based solution scanning approach to systematically identify these solutions for conservation and restoration at local scales and to categorize them by solution type. Societal actors demonstrate preferences for solution types to reversing the loss 118 of BES in SEPLS while embracing a mix of all solution types across ecosystems. Institutional and governance solutions are the most common type across Asia. Technological solutions are preferred in East Asia, while knowledge and cognitive solutions are preferred in Southeast Asia. Economic and incentive-based solutions are found most often in South Asia as livelihood investments for local residents, and to balance trade-offs among food production and biodiversity conservation. Sharing the knowledge of various place-based solution types in different social-ecological contexts helps improve more purposeful and deliberate design of SEPLS for multiple benefits.

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Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia

Saito¹,

Subramanian²,

Hashimoto³

et al. 2020

Science for Sustainable Societies

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The combined effects of conservation policy and co-management alter the understory vegetation of urban woodlands: A case study in the Tama Hills area, Japan

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Field estimation of interception in a broadleaf forest under multi-layered structure conditions

Field estimation of interception in a broadleaf forest under multi-layered structure conditions

Place-Based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes in Asia

Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia

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