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
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
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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