Preface 1.Introduction 1.1 Characteristics of the Okinawan Evergreen Broad-leaved Forest and Its Importance for Sustainable Management 1.2 Overview of Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems 1.3 Effects of Typhoon Disturbances on Forest Ecosystems 1.4 Motives for the Present Synthesis 1.5 The Contents and Organization of the Book 1.6 Summary 2.Study Site Characterization 2.1 Study Area 2.2 Climate 2.3 Topographic Trait and Soils 2.4 Vegetation 3.Soil Properties, Organic Carbon, and Nutrient Pools 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Study Approach 3.2.1 Forest Floor and Mineral Soil Sampling 3.2.2 Experimental Designin the Study 3.2.3 Statistical Analysis and Data Treatment 3.3 Forest Floor Mass and Carbon and Nutrient Pools 3.3.1 Carbon and Nutrient Pools 3.3.2 Topographic Effects 3.4 Soil Properties and Carbon and Nutrient Pools 3.4.1 Soil Properties 3.4.2 Carbon and Nutrient Pools 3.4.3 Cluster Analysis of Soil Data 3.5 Summary 4.Forest Structure, Species Diversity, Regeneration and Primary production 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Experimental Approach 4.2.1 Field Survey 4.2.2 Species Diversity Indices 4.2.3 Forest Biomass Estimation 4.3 Forest Structure and Floristics 4.3.1 Structural Characteristics 4.3.2 Floristic Composition and Tree Species Diversity 4.3.3 Understory Tree Species Diversity 4.3.4 Controls of Species Diversity 4.3.5 Discussion of Species Diversity 4.4 Forest Regeneration Characteristics 4.4.1 Stand Density 4.4.2 Regeneration Strategies of Canopy Dominants 4.4.3 Restoration of Stand Structure 4.5 Aboveground Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation 4.5.1 Aboveground Biomass 4.5.2 Carbon and Nutrient Storage in Biomass 4.5.3 Discussion on Biomass Estimation and Nutrient Storage 4.6 Summary 5.Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics in Litter Production 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Approaches to Forest Litterfall Measurement 5.2.1 Litterfall Measurement 5.2.2 Chemical Analysis 5.2.3 Data Treatment 5.3 Litterfall Production 5.3.1 Amount and Seasonality of Litterfall …… 6.Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Decomposing Foliar Litter 7.Nutrient Fluxes in Precipitation, Throughfall, Stemflow and SoilWater 8.Effects of Typhoon Disturbances on Stream Water Chemistry 9.Integration and Opportunities
Features robust predictions and explanations of the effects of typhoon disturbances on subtropical forests. Synthesizes a wealth of information From forest stands to the ecosystem. Features a wealth of illustrations to clarify biogeochemical processes in the forest. This important contribution is the result of the author's theoretical thinking and long-term high-value data collection by examining the response of subtropical forest ecosystems to typhoon disturbance in great data if, The author has bridged the gap between disturbance ecology and biogeochemistry with an interdisciplinary and quantitative approach. This book brings together much of the current understanding of the biogeochemical cycling processes in the subtropical forest and the mechanisms of forest productivity maintenance under frequent typhoon disturbances. This book is certain to be of interest to anyone fascinated by the relationship between productivity and ecosystem structure and function, Those interested in climate change, sustainable management of forest ecosystems, and the interactions between forest ecosystem and natural disturbances will want to have this important book.