The Monitoring of Insects to Maintain Biodiversity in Ogawa Fores Reserve.

Authors :: Makino, S.
Goto, H.
Inoue, T.
Sueyoshi, M.
Okabe, K.
Hasegawa, M.
Hamaguchi, K.
Ctanaka, H.
Okochi, I.
Source :: Environmental Monitoring & Assessment; Sep2006, Vol. 120 Issue 1-3, p477-485, 9p, 1 Diagram, 1 Graph
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: The results of a biodiversity monitoring program conducted in the Ogawa Forest Reserve and its vicinity, situated in a cool temperate region of Japan, identified three different patterns for species richness. Forests of the region are characterized by a mosaic of secondary deciduous stands of various ages scattered among plantations of conifers. The three different types of change in species richness observed in response to the stand age are as follows: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]