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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on Aug 2, 2003. Last revised on May 6, 2007)

Procedures on skislope establishment (in Japan)


Deforestation
↓
Land modification
　including ground surface removal
　[ Establishment ]
↓
Artificial seeding
(storng, primal impact)
↓
Bush cutting
Partial land modification

Artificial snow
Artificial nutrients (fertilizer) 		Management (continuous impact)

By those oeprations, the gound surface does not contain any seeds and propagules. Instead of vegetation recovery by seedbanks and vegetative organs, artificial plants are dominant soon after the skislope establishment if soil erosion does not occur.

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References

  • landscape on skislopes
  • Titus, J.H. & Tsuyuzaki, S. 1999. Ski slope vegetation of Mount Hood, Oregon, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 31: 283-292
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 1990. Species composition and soil erosion on a ski area in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Environmental Management 14: 203-207
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 1993. Recent vegetation and prediction of the successional sere on ski grounds in the highlands of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Biological Conservation 63: 255-260
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 1994. Environmental deterioration resulting from ski resort construction in Japan. Environmental Conservation 21: 121-125
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 1995. Ski slope vegetation in central Honshu, Japan. Environmental Management 19: 773-777
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 1999. Present status and problems on skislope vegetation in Hokkaido (スキー場斜面における植物群集動態). Japanese Journal of Ecology 49: 265-268 Revised version JPN
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 2002. Vegetation development patterns on skislopes in lowland Hokkaido, northern Japan. Biological Conservation 108: 239-246
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. 2005. Miscanthus sinensis grassland is an indicator plant community to restore ski slope vegetation in Japan. Ecological Indicators 5: 109-115
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