Nitrogen (N) is the primary limiting nutrient for forest production. Therefore, understanding
how environmental factors affect N transformation rates is essential for the provision of …

In the context of their role in global climate change, changes in soil carbon stocks resulting
from land use conversions from forest to agricultural lands (cropland and grassland) and …

Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) for estimating bulk density (BD) of forest soils in Japan
affected by volcanic ash were developed using 3513 stone-free soil data. We found that 29 …

Soil Carbon (C) is central to the functioning of ecosystems and climate change mitigation. It
represents the largest terrestrial pool and much of it, is stored in forest soils. Soil Organic …

To elucidate interannual changes in the vertical distribution of 137 Cs in forest ecosystems
contaminated by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, we investigated 137 …

Geographic information on soil organic carbon (SOC) is important for climate change
research and understanding the global carbon cycle. At present, this information is limited …

Japanese forests were exposed to multiple sources of radioactive contamination. To acquire
scientific guidance on forest management planning, it is crucial to understand the long-term …

To mitigate the negative effects of climate change, it is necessary to conserve carbon stocks
in forests. Typhoons fell many standing trees and generate a substantial amount of coarse …

By considering trade-offs and complementarity between carbon removal from the
atmosphere by forests and emission reduction by wood use, we developed a forest-sector …

Post-windthrow management delays forest biomass recovery by altering the situation of
disturbance legacies and can change the species composition. Although the short-term …