What is it about?
Distribution of invasive bamboos (the genus Phyllostachys) in Japan was detected to have expanded for the last three decades and was projected to expand under 1.5°C-4.0°C global warming.
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Why is it important?
Climate change has caused geographical distribution shifts among many plants, including invasive species. Bamboo is an economically important plant, but some species have the potential to become invasive because of their rapid growth rate. For a few hundred to a thousand years, Japanese people have mainly introduced and used two exotic bamboos, moso (Phyllostachys edulis) and madake (P. bambusoides), in managed plantations. Currently, many bamboo plantations have been abandoned and are now left unmanaged, eventually invading the adjacent native vegetation. Southern and central Japan are the most affected by invasive bamboos, but anticipated global warming may cause the problem to spread north in the coming decades. For sustainable management of exotic bamboo forests and adjacent ecosystems under global warming, we must understand the growth conditions and how climate change affects potential habitats of major bamboo species.
Perspectives
Potentially serious risks also exist in other Asian, African, and Latin American countries with burgeoning bamboo industries. It is important to recognize the need for greater regulation and vigilant practices targeted at preventing bamboo invasion.
Kohei Takenaka TAKANO
Nagano Environmental Conservation Research Institute
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This page is a summary of: Detecting latitudinal and altitudinal expansion of invasive bamboo Phyllostachys edulis
and Phyllostachys bambusoides
(Poaceae) in Japan to project potential habitats under 1.5°C-4.0°C global warming, Ecology and Evolution, October 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3471.
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Takano et al . 2017. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 9848-9859.
Detecting latitudinal and altitudinal expansion of invasive bamboo Phyllostachys edulis and Phyllostachys bambusoides (Poaceae) in Japan to project potential habitats under 1.5°C–4.0°C global warming
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Changes in projected potential habitat of exotic bamboos from 1980–2000 (represented by 1999) to 2076–2096 (represented by 2095). Four sea surface temperature distributions under the RCP 8.5 scenario were considered in future projections
Exotic bamboos would expand under 1.5°C–4.0°C global warming in northern Japan
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Exotic bamboos would expand under 1.5°C–4.0°C global warming in northern Japan
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Column article on "academist Journal" (in Japanese)
Japanese culture and exotic bamboos, increment of abandoned bamboo forests, ecological modelling of bamboo distribution, prediction of potential habitat expansion under 1.5°C–4.0°C global warming
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Distribution expansion of invasive bamboos (Phyllostachys) in Japan
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