Seventeen nuclear microsatellite loci (nSSR) were used to study the genetic diversity and historical demography of three Northeast Asian fir species: insular Sakhalin Abies sachalinensis (Fr. Schmidt) Mast., continental A. nephrolepis (Trautv.) Maxim. Kamchatka endemic gracilis Kom. Bayesian clustering, performed using STRUCTURE software separated considered species from each other divided popu...

This paper presents a four year subannual isotope marine temperature record using modern Spisula sachalinensis specimens from Tomakomai (Hokkaido's Pacific coast, Japan). species is commonly found in pre- and protohistoric shell middens faunal assemblages around the Seas of Japan Okhotsk, so has significant potential as an indicator past and, by inference, climatic conditions. However, previous...

Spring leaf phenology is an important event for trees to determine carbon fixation during the growing season. However, less understood about intraspecific variation in spring and its relationship with temperature requirements of conifers, which problematic accurately predicting influence climate warming on conifers. I monitored bud burst timing degree days required seedlings large individuals A...