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Development of Stand Structure in Larch Forests

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Permafrost Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 209))

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Boreal forests of northern hemisphere are considered to be the major carbon sink in the world, and are potentially affecting carbon balance at large geographical scales (Kasischke and Stocks 2000; Schimel et al. 2001). This biome may be affected by warming air temperature, as the northern latitudes are where the effect of global warming is likely to be felt most strongly in the next several decades (Solomon et al. 2007). Therefore, better understanding of the patterns of forest development is relevant today, with respect to carbon sequestration of the ecosystems (Wirth et al. 2002).

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  1. Division of Forest and Biomaterials Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    A. Osawa

  2. Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

    T. Kajimoto

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  1. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kita-Shirakawa-Oiwake-Cho, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Akira Osawa

  2. Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russian Federation

    Olga A. Zyryanova

  3. Research Institute, Forestry & Forest Products, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

    Yojiro Matsuura

  4. Research Institute, Forestry & Forest Products, Kurokami 4-11-16, Kumamoto, 860-0862, Japan

    Takuya Kajimoto

  5. Dept. Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2H1, Canada

    Ross W. Wein

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Osawa, A., Kajimoto, T. (2010). Development of Stand Structure in Larch Forests. In: Osawa, A., Zyryanova, O., Matsuura, Y., Kajimoto, T., Wein, R. (eds) Permafrost Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 209. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9693-8_7

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