Diversity and Interaction in a Temperate Forest Community

Part 1: Introduction

1 Studies on the coexistence of tree species in forest communities (NAKASHIZUKA, T. and TANAKA, H.);

Part 2: What is Ogawa Forest Reserve?

2 Climate in Ogawa Forest Reserve (MIZOGUCHI, Y., MORISAWA, T., and OHTANI, Y.)

3 Landforms and soil characteristics in Ogawa Forest Reserve (YOSHINAGA, S., TAKAHASHI, M., and AIZAWA, S.)

4 Fore vegetation in and around Ogawa Forest Reserve regarding human impacts (SUZUKI, W.)

5 Ground design of the research site (TANAKA, H. and NAKASHIZUKA, T.)

Part 3: Tree community structure and dynamics

6 Structure and dynamics (MASAK) Disturbance regime (NAKASHIZUKA, T.)

8 Effect of soil condit on distribution and growth of trees (MASAKI, T., MATSUURA, Y., and TAKAHASHI, M.)

Part 4: Tree demography

9 Reproductive traits of trees in OFR (SHIBATA, M. and TANAKA, H.)

10 Seed dispersal (TANAKA, H. and KOMINAMI, Y.)

11 Seed dynamics (MASAKI, T.)

12 Seedling/sapling banks and their responses to forest disturbance (ABE, S.)

13 Tree demography through the whole life cycle (NIIYAMA, K. and ABE, S.)

14 Individual ba model of forest dynamics (KUBO, T.)

Part 5: Eco-physiologi studies on tree growth

15 Differential analyses of effects of light environment on development of deciduous trees: Basic studies for tree growth modelling (TERASHIMA, I., K., SONE, K., NOGUCHI, K., ISHIDA, A., UEMURA, A., and MATSUMOTO, Y.)

16 Gas exchange characteristics of main tree species in Ogawa Forest Reserve (MATSUMOTO, Y. and MARUYAMA, Y.)

17 The habitat-related responses to water stress and flooding in deciduous tree species (PARK, Y. and MORIKAWA, Y.)

18 Micro-environment and growth in gaps (ISHIZUKA, M., OCHIAI, Y., and UTSUGI, H.)

Part 6: Genetic studies of tree populations

19 Demographic genetics of Fagus crenata population in Ogawa Forest Reserve (KITAMURA, K. and KAWANO, S.)

20 Gene flow analysis of Magnolia obovata Thunb. using highly variable