Stem productivity in relation to nitrogen concentration and carbon isotopic composition (δ¹³C) in leaves of hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endlicher) plantations in Shikoku district, Japan

References

• Binkley , D , Olsson , U , Rochelle , R , Stohlgren , T and Nikolov , N . 2003 . Structure, production and resource use in some old-growth spruce/fir forests in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, USA . For. Ecol. Manage. , 172 : 271 – 279 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cordell , S , Goldstein , G , Muller-Dombois , D , Webb , D and Vitousek , PM . 1998 . Physiological and morphological variation in Metrosideros polymorpha, a dominant Hawaiian tree species, along an altitudinal gradient: the role of phenotypic plasticity . Oecologia , 113 : 188 – 196 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Enoki , T , Kawaguchi , H and Iwatsubo , G . 1996 . Topographic variations of soil properties and stand structure in a Pinus thiunbergii plantation . Ecol. Res. , 11 : 299 – 309 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fang , J , Oikawa , T , Kato , T , Mo , W and Wang , Z . 2005 . Biomass carbon accumulation by Japan's forests from 1947 to 1995 . Glob. Biogeochem. Cyc. , 19 : GB2004 doi:10.1029/2004GB002253
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Farquhar , GD , O'Leary , MH and Berry , JA . 1982 . On the relationship between carbon isotope discrimination and the intercellular carbon dioxide concentration in leaves . Aust. J. Plant Physiol. , 13 : 281 – 292 .
   Google Scholar
• Forest Soil Division . 1976 . Classification of forest soil in Japan 1975 . Bull. Gov. For. Exp. Sta. , 280 : 1 – 28 . (in Japanese with English summary)
   Google Scholar
• Forestry Agency 1970: Table of Stem Volume, Western Japan. Nihon Ringyo Choosakai, Tokyo (In Japanese)
   Google Scholar
• Fukuda , M , Iehara , T and Matsumoto , M . 2003 . Carbon stock estimates for sugi and hinoki forests in Japan . For. Ecol. Manage. , 184 : 1 – 16 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garten , CT and Taylor , CE . 1992 . Foliar δ13C within a temperate deciduous forest: spatial, temporal, and species sources of variation . Oecologia , 90 : 1 – 7 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hanba , YT , Noma , N and Umeki , K . 2000 . Relationship between leaf characteristics, tree sizes and species distribution along a slope in a warm temperate forest . Ecol. Res. , 15 : 393 – 403 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hultine , KR and Marshall , JD . 2000 . Altitude trends in conifer leaf morphology and stable carbon isotope composition . Oecologia , 123 : 32 – 40 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Inagaki , Y , Kuramoto , S , Torii , A , Shinomiya , Y and Fukata , H . 2008 . Effects of thinning on leaf-fall and leaf-litter nitrogen concentration in hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endlicher) plantation stands in Japan . For. Ecol. Manage. , 255 : 1859 – 1867 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Inagaki , Y , Miura , S and Kohzu , A . 2004 . Effects of forest type and stand age on litterfall quality and soil N dynamics in Shikoku district, southern Japan . For. Ecol. Manage. , 202 : 107 – 117 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Inagaki , Y , Yoshinaga , S , Yamada , T , Shinomiya , Y and Torii , A . 2009 . Mass loss and nitrogen release of wood debris remaining after thinning in Japanese cedar and hinoki cypress plantations . Jpn. J. For Environ. , 51 : 63 – 68 . (in Japanese with English summary)
   Google Scholar
• Inoue , K , Iwagawa , O and Yoshida , K . 1973 . Studies on the productivity of the forest soil in Shikoku Province . Bull. Gov. For Exp. Sta. , 258 : 61 – 148 . (in Japanese with English summary)
   Google Scholar
• Joshi , AB , Vann , DR and Johnson , AH . 2006 . Litter quality and climate decouple nitrogen mineralization and productivity in Chilean temperate rainforests . Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. , 70 : 153 – 162 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Körner , C , Farquhar , GD and Wong , SC . 1991 . Carbon isotope discrimination by plants follow latitudinal and altitudinal trends . Oecologia , 88 : 30 – 40 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mashimo , Y . 1960 . Studies on the physical properties of forest soil and their relation to the growth of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa). Forest Soil of Japan . Gov. For. Exp. Sta. , 11 : 1 – 182 . (in Japanese with English summary)
   Google Scholar
• Nakanishi , A , Inagaki , Y , Shibata , S , Osawa , N and Hirata , K . 2009 . Effects of patch cutting on leaf-litter nitrogen concentration in hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endlicher) at different elevations along a slope . J. For. Res. , 14 : 388 – 393 .
   Google Scholar
• Pastor , J , Aber , JD and McClaugherty , CA . 1984 . Aboveground production and N and P cycling along a nitrogen mineralization gradient on Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin . Ecology , 65 : 256 – 268 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reich , PB , Grigal , DF , Aber , JD and Gower , ST . 1997 . Nitrogen mineralization and productivity in 50 hardwood and conifer stands on diverse soils . Ecology , 78 : 335 – 347 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• institute , SAS . 2002: JMP, Statistics and Graphics Guide, Version 5.01. SAS Institute, Cary, NC
   Google Scholar
• Shinomiya , Y , Toyota , N , Nakaoka , K , Okuda , S and Inagaki , Y . 2006 . Effects of thinning or canopy opening on water content of surface soil in plantation forests of Hinoki cypress . Appl. For Sci. Kansai , 15 : 93 – 100 . (in Japanese with English summary)
   Google Scholar
• Soil Survey Staff . 2010 . Keys to Soil Taxonomy, , 11th , Washington , DC : Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA .
   Google Scholar
• Sparks , JP and Ehleringer , JR . 1997 . Leaf carbon isotope discrimination and nitrogen content for riparian trees along elevational transects . Oecologia , 109 : 362 – 367 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tateno , R and Takeda , H . 2003 . Forest structure and tree species distribution in relation to topography-mediated heterogeneity of soil nitrogen and light at the forest floor . Ecol. Res. , 18 : 559 – 571 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tateno , R and Takeda , H . 2010 . Nitrogen uptake and nitrogen use efficiency above and below ground along a topographic gradient of soil nitrogen availability . Oecologia , 163 : 793 – 804 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vitousek , PM and Howarth , RW . 1991 . Nitrogen limitation on land and in the sea: How can it occur? . Biogeochemistry , 13 : 87 – 115 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zushi , K . 2003 . Topographic variation of soil nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) stands at Myougodani Watershed, Toyama, Japan . Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. , 49 : 843 – 851 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zushi , K . 2006 . Spatial distribution of soil carbon and nitrogen storage and forest productivity in a watershed planted to Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) . J. For. Res. , 11 : 351 – 358 .
   Google Scholar