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Altitudinal and Latitudinal Migration of Cryptomeria japonica for the Past 20,000 Years in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Matsuo Tsukada
Matsuo Tsukada*
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Department of Botany and Quaternary Research Center AK-60, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Abstract

Biostatistical analysis of modern pollen assemblages in 152 Japanese surface samples shows that Cryptomeria japonica can normally grow in areas with a mean January temperature of approximately −7° to 7°C, a mean August temperature of 19° to 27°C, and an effective precipitation (total precipitation during the growing season) of over 1000 mm. The full-glacial distribution of the species on both the Sea of Japan and the Pacific coasts (35–36°N lat) indicates that in these areas the maximum possible reduction of temperature was 8.7–10.2°C in January and 6.0–7.3°C in August, and that the effective precipitation was low, being 1000–1350 mm, or 40–55% below the modern level, provided that the species has not changed its physiological characteristics. Populations of C. japonica expanded northward and upslope from their full-glacial areas of distribution immediately after late-glacial climatic amelioration. This expansion appears to have been regulated mainly by the availability of effective precipitation which became high in northeastern Honshu about 4000 yr ago. After about 2500 yr B.P., C. japonica was planted extensively by humans in moist, temperate climatic regions (excluding Hokkaido), and now has its widest distribution since at least the last full-glacial interval.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1986 , pp. 135 - 152
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University of Washington

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