Studies using large-scale forest-dynamic plots revealed that most of woody species were distributed more in a particular habitat than the other habitats. However we do not know much about the process generating such habitat associations. Questions below, which are strongly related to the generating process, will be answered by studies using forest dynamic data;

(1) Does a species having habitat association show the difference in growth, mortality, and recruitment rates among the habitats?

(2) If yes, how different are they among the habitats?

(3) Do the population dynamics of such species differ among the habitats?

Some ecologists have already conducted a study to answer the abovementioned questions. We would like to introduce such “pioneer studies” linking habitat association with forest dynamic data in this session and to discuss the mechanisms generating habitat association of woody species.

なお、講演は英語で行いますが、日本語での質疑応答や議論も歓迎いたします。