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| CC-LaG experiment site |
| TSE |
| Teshio Experimental Forest, Toikanbetsu, Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 45deg 03' N, 142deg 06' E |
| Elevation: ca.70m, a.s.l. |
| < 8 deg |
| Flat Terrace |
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13.7 ha (Clear-cutting area), however,
same vegetation type extends ca. >1 km for each
direction before clear-cutting
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| >1 km (mixed forest), 200-500 m (after clear-cutting) |
| Cool-temperate |
| 5.7degC |
| 1000mm |
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Conifer-Hardwood mixed forest until January, 2003,
Young larch plantation from late October 2003 (ca. 30000 saplings
(ca. 2500 saplings ha-1; 0.04 tC ha-1)) |
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Quercus crispula, Betula ermanii, Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Abies sachalinensis,
Picea jezoensis (mixed forest), hybrid (Larix gmelinii × L. kaempferi)
larch (young larch plantation)
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Sasa senanensis and Sasa kurilensis
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| 18-25 m (mixed forest), 1-2.5 m (larch plantation in 2006) |
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Age of a tree (Quercus crispula; DBH is 58 cm) in the clear-cutting area was ca.165 years.
In Autumn 2003, 2 year-old larch saplings were planted.
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3 and 4-4.5 in a full-growing period for canopy and Sasa layer,
respectively in the mixed forest, Larch LAI in the stripe-cut row
is ca. max 1.3 in 2005 and Sasa in the remained row is increasing
(ca. max 5.7 in 2005) after the clear-cutting (measured by LAI-2000, LI-COR)
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The bedrock was Cretaceous sedimentary rock.
The dominant soil was a Gleyic Cambisol (FAO 1988) with about 10 cm of O horizon,
with a mor humus type, 20 cm of A horizon, and 30 cm of B horizon
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