Aguilos M, Takagi K et al (2014) Dynamics of ecosystem carbon
balance recovering from a clear-cutting in a cool-temperate forest.
Agric For Meteorol 197:26–39
Akashi K, Konno K, Otsuka H (2005) Agronomic characters on green
manures in Abashiri district of Hokkaido. Hokunou 72:30–35 (in
Japanese)
Akiyama H, Yan X, Yagi K (2006) Estimations of emission factors for
fertilizer-induced direct N2O emissions from agricultural soils in
Japan: summary of available data. Soil Sci Plant Nutri 52:774–787
Akiyama H, Yan X, Yagi K (2009) Evaluation of effectiveness of
enhanced-efficiency fertilizers as mitigation options for N2O and
NO emissions from agricultural soils: meta-analysis. Glob Change
Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02031.x
Arihara J, Karasawa T (2000) Effect of previous crops on arbuscular
mycorrhizal formation and growth of succeeding maize. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 46:43–51
Asami T, Kubota M, Minamizawa K (1988) Natural abundance of
cadmium. Antimony, bismuth and some other heavy metals in
Japanese soils. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 59:197–199 (in Japanese)
Blandon MZD, Satoh F et al (1993) The mineral condition of soils and
tree species in serpentine and non-serpentine areas of northern
Hokkaido. Res Bulletin Hokkaido Univ Forest 51:1–13
Committee on nomenclature of the pyroclastic deposit in Hokkaido
(1974) Distribution of the late quaternary pyroclastic deposit in
Hokkaido. Miscellaneous publication of the Hokkaido national
agricultural experiment station, Japan
Fifth Committee for Soil Classification and Nomenclature of Japanese
Society of Pedology (2017) Soil classification system of Japan. (in
Japanese)
Fueki N, Nakatsu S et al (2002) Cause of disorders in early stage of
sugar beet growth cultivated by paper-pot planting and direct
sowing in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 73:373–382
Fueki N, Sato K, Nakatsu S (2010) Interpretation of soil mineral
nitrogen by scoring organic matter and nitrogen management as an
‘N-score’ in the fields of Hokkaido before sugar beet planting. Soil
Sci Plant Nutr 56:750–759
Fujii S, Cornelissen JHC et al. (2018):Tree leaf and root traits mediate
soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational
gradient. Functional Ecology, in press
Furudate A, Otobe Y (2009) Application effects of cattle feces/marine
waste mixture composts and sludge composts on cadmium contents
of timothy (Phleum pretense L.) in Northern Hokkaido, Japan. Jpn J
Soil Sci Plant Nutr 80:506–510 (in Japanese)
Furudate A, Yamagami M et al (2000) The effect of furrow application
of liming materials on the growth of transplanted sugar beets.
Hokunou 67:14–19
Giesler R, Satoh F et al (2004) Microbialy available phosphorous in
boreal forests: effects of aluminium and iron accumulation in the
humus layer. Ecosystems 7:208–217
Goto E, Miura S et al. (2003) The present condition of chemical
properties of paddy soils in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr
74:475–483
Hara K, Suda T, Watanobe K (2015) Evaluation of sensor-based
variable rate nitrogen fertilization for winter wheat production.
JSAM 77(6):485–493 (in Japanese with English summary)
Hasegawa S, Tabuchi T (1995) Well facilitated paddy fields in Japan.
In: Tabuchi T, Hasegawa S (eds) Paddy fields in the World.
Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering, Tokyo, pp 103–124
Hayashi T, Hikasa Y (2017) Fertile effects of cattle manures to tomato
cultivations in greenhouse fields in cold regions. Hokunou 84:252–
260 (in Japanese)
Hayashi T, Nagao A (2010) A diagnostic method for measuring
nitrogen in the subsoil to decrease the nitrate accumulation in
Spinach. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 81:263–266 (in Japanese)
Hayashi T, Hikasa Y, Nakazumi H (2004) Improved nitrogen
application method based on the subsoil test under greenhouse
conditions. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:617–621 (in Japanese)
Hirata R, Miyata A et al (2013) Carbon dioxide exchange at four
intensively managed grassland sites across different climate zones
of Japan and the influence of manure application on ecosystem
carbon and greenhouse gas budgets. Agric For Meteorol 177:57–68
Hirota T, Yazaki T et al. (2013) Soil frost control: its application to
volunteer potato management in a cold region. In Imai R,
Yoshida M, Matsumoto N (eds) Plant and microbe adaptations to
cold in a changing world. Springer, New York, pp 51–61
Hirota T, Iwata Y et al (2006) Decreasing soil-frost depth and its
relation to climate change in Tokachi, Hokkaido. Jpn J Meteorol
Soc Jpn 84:821–833
Hirota T, Usuki K et al (2011) Soil frost control: agricultural adaptation
to climate variability in a cold region of Japan. Mitig Adapt Strateg
Glob Change 16:791–802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-0119296-8
Hishi T, Urakawa R et al (2014) Seasonality of factors controlling N
mineralization rates among slope positions and aspects in
cool-temperate deciduous natural forests and larch plantations. Biol
Fertil Soils 50:243–356
Hojito M (1994) Studies on grassland acidification caused by fertilizer
application and its effects on grass growth. Rep Hokkaido
Prefectural Exp Stations 83:1–106 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Hokkaido (2013) Contamination of groundwater with nitrate and nitrite
nitrogen.
http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ks/jss/khz/mizukankyo/
syou.htm
Hokkaido Clean Agriculture Promotion Committee (2017) Guidelines
for the certification mark system for Northern clean agricultural
products. Forms and formats. http://www.yesclean.jp/crop/d00.html
Hokkaido Government Agricultural Department (2015) Hokkaido
fertilizer recommendations 2015. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/
ns/shs/clean/sehiguide2015.htm
Hokkaido Research Organization (2012) Analytical method for soil and
crop nutrition diagnosis 2012. https://www.hro.or.jp/list/
agricultural/center/bunseki2012/index.html
Hosobuchi Y, Hayashi T, Nakazumi H (2011) Estimation of cadmium
balance in soils: load applied in fertilizer and compost and removal
in edible and uneaten parts of vegetables. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr
82:207–213 (in Japanese with English summary)
Imura K (1987) Development of agriculture in Hokkaido and problems
of soil and plant nutrition. In: Soil science and plant nutrition in
Hokkaido agriculture, 1987, Hokunoukai, Sapporo, pp 1–8 (in
Japanese)
Kanda T, Takata Y et al (2016) Soil map of Hokkaido developed with
the comprehensive soil classification system of Japan, first approximation: change of andosols distribution area in forest. JSSPN
87:184–192 (in Japanese with English summary)
Kanda T, Takata Y et al (2017) Development of the 1:50,000 digital
soil map of cultivated soil in Japan according to the comprehensive
soil classification system of Japan—first approximation. JSSPN
88:29–34 (in Japanese with English summary)
Katayanagi N, Sawamoto T et al (2008) Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide
fluxes from cornfield, grassland, pasture and forest in a watershed in
Southern Hokkaido. Jpn Soil Sci Plant Nutri 54:662–680
Kawakami T, Makoto K (2017) Does an earthworm species acclimatize
and/or adapt to soil calcium conditions? The consequence of soil
nitrogen mineralization in forest soil. Ecol Res 32:603–610
Kayama M, Choi DS et al (2006) Comparison of growth characteristics
and tolerance to serpentine soil of three ectomycorrhizal spruce
seedlings in northern Japan. Trees Struct Funct 20:430–440
Kiso S, Kikuchi K (1988) Optimizing the application rates of nitrogen
fertilizer on the basis of legume ratio in timothy (Phleum pratense
182
T. Nakatsuji et al.
balance recovering from a clear-cutting in a cool-temperate forest.
Agric For Meteorol 197:26–39
Akashi K, Konno K, Otsuka H (2005) Agronomic characters on green
manures in Abashiri district of Hokkaido. Hokunou 72:30–35 (in
Japanese)
Akiyama H, Yan X, Yagi K (2006) Estimations of emission factors for
fertilizer-induced direct N2O emissions from agricultural soils in
Japan: summary of available data. Soil Sci Plant Nutri 52:774–787
Akiyama H, Yan X, Yagi K (2009) Evaluation of effectiveness of
enhanced-efficiency fertilizers as mitigation options for N2O and
NO emissions from agricultural soils: meta-analysis. Glob Change
Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02031.x
Arihara J, Karasawa T (2000) Effect of previous crops on arbuscular
mycorrhizal formation and growth of succeeding maize. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 46:43–51
Asami T, Kubota M, Minamizawa K (1988) Natural abundance of
cadmium. Antimony, bismuth and some other heavy metals in
Japanese soils. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 59:197–199 (in Japanese)
Blandon MZD, Satoh F et al (1993) The mineral condition of soils and
tree species in serpentine and non-serpentine areas of northern
Hokkaido. Res Bulletin Hokkaido Univ Forest 51:1–13
Committee on nomenclature of the pyroclastic deposit in Hokkaido
(1974) Distribution of the late quaternary pyroclastic deposit in
Hokkaido. Miscellaneous publication of the Hokkaido national
agricultural experiment station, Japan
Fifth Committee for Soil Classification and Nomenclature of Japanese
Society of Pedology (2017) Soil classification system of Japan. (in
Japanese)
Fueki N, Nakatsu S et al (2002) Cause of disorders in early stage of
sugar beet growth cultivated by paper-pot planting and direct
sowing in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 73:373–382
Fueki N, Sato K, Nakatsu S (2010) Interpretation of soil mineral
nitrogen by scoring organic matter and nitrogen management as an
‘N-score’ in the fields of Hokkaido before sugar beet planting. Soil
Sci Plant Nutr 56:750–759
Fujii S, Cornelissen JHC et al. (2018):Tree leaf and root traits mediate
soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational
gradient. Functional Ecology, in press
Furudate A, Otobe Y (2009) Application effects of cattle feces/marine
waste mixture composts and sludge composts on cadmium contents
of timothy (Phleum pretense L.) in Northern Hokkaido, Japan. Jpn J
Soil Sci Plant Nutr 80:506–510 (in Japanese)
Furudate A, Yamagami M et al (2000) The effect of furrow application
of liming materials on the growth of transplanted sugar beets.
Hokunou 67:14–19
Giesler R, Satoh F et al (2004) Microbialy available phosphorous in
boreal forests: effects of aluminium and iron accumulation in the
humus layer. Ecosystems 7:208–217
Goto E, Miura S et al. (2003) The present condition of chemical
properties of paddy soils in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr
74:475–483
Hara K, Suda T, Watanobe K (2015) Evaluation of sensor-based
variable rate nitrogen fertilization for winter wheat production.
JSAM 77(6):485–493 (in Japanese with English summary)
Hasegawa S, Tabuchi T (1995) Well facilitated paddy fields in Japan.
In: Tabuchi T, Hasegawa S (eds) Paddy fields in the World.
Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering, Tokyo, pp 103–124
Hayashi T, Hikasa Y (2017) Fertile effects of cattle manures to tomato
cultivations in greenhouse fields in cold regions. Hokunou 84:252–
260 (in Japanese)
Hayashi T, Nagao A (2010) A diagnostic method for measuring
nitrogen in the subsoil to decrease the nitrate accumulation in
Spinach. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 81:263–266 (in Japanese)
Hayashi T, Hikasa Y, Nakazumi H (2004) Improved nitrogen
application method based on the subsoil test under greenhouse
conditions. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:617–621 (in Japanese)
Hirata R, Miyata A et al (2013) Carbon dioxide exchange at four
intensively managed grassland sites across different climate zones
of Japan and the influence of manure application on ecosystem
carbon and greenhouse gas budgets. Agric For Meteorol 177:57–68
Hirota T, Yazaki T et al. (2013) Soil frost control: its application to
volunteer potato management in a cold region. In Imai R,
Yoshida M, Matsumoto N (eds) Plant and microbe adaptations to
cold in a changing world. Springer, New York, pp 51–61
Hirota T, Iwata Y et al (2006) Decreasing soil-frost depth and its
relation to climate change in Tokachi, Hokkaido. Jpn J Meteorol
Soc Jpn 84:821–833
Hirota T, Usuki K et al (2011) Soil frost control: agricultural adaptation
to climate variability in a cold region of Japan. Mitig Adapt Strateg
Glob Change 16:791–802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-0119296-8
Hishi T, Urakawa R et al (2014) Seasonality of factors controlling N
mineralization rates among slope positions and aspects in
cool-temperate deciduous natural forests and larch plantations. Biol
Fertil Soils 50:243–356
Hojito M (1994) Studies on grassland acidification caused by fertilizer
application and its effects on grass growth. Rep Hokkaido
Prefectural Exp Stations 83:1–106 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Hokkaido (2013) Contamination of groundwater with nitrate and nitrite
nitrogen.
http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ks/jss/khz/mizukankyo/
syou.htm
Hokkaido Clean Agriculture Promotion Committee (2017) Guidelines
for the certification mark system for Northern clean agricultural
products. Forms and formats. http://www.yesclean.jp/crop/d00.html
Hokkaido Government Agricultural Department (2015) Hokkaido
fertilizer recommendations 2015. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/
ns/shs/clean/sehiguide2015.htm
Hokkaido Research Organization (2012) Analytical method for soil and
crop nutrition diagnosis 2012. https://www.hro.or.jp/list/
agricultural/center/bunseki2012/index.html
Hosobuchi Y, Hayashi T, Nakazumi H (2011) Estimation of cadmium
balance in soils: load applied in fertilizer and compost and removal
in edible and uneaten parts of vegetables. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr
82:207–213 (in Japanese with English summary)
Imura K (1987) Development of agriculture in Hokkaido and problems
of soil and plant nutrition. In: Soil science and plant nutrition in
Hokkaido agriculture, 1987, Hokunoukai, Sapporo, pp 1–8 (in
Japanese)
Kanda T, Takata Y et al (2016) Soil map of Hokkaido developed with
the comprehensive soil classification system of Japan, first approximation: change of andosols distribution area in forest. JSSPN
87:184–192 (in Japanese with English summary)
Kanda T, Takata Y et al (2017) Development of the 1:50,000 digital
soil map of cultivated soil in Japan according to the comprehensive
soil classification system of Japan—first approximation. JSSPN
88:29–34 (in Japanese with English summary)
Katayanagi N, Sawamoto T et al (2008) Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide
fluxes from cornfield, grassland, pasture and forest in a watershed in
Southern Hokkaido. Jpn Soil Sci Plant Nutri 54:662–680
Kawakami T, Makoto K (2017) Does an earthworm species acclimatize
and/or adapt to soil calcium conditions? The consequence of soil
nitrogen mineralization in forest soil. Ecol Res 32:603–610
Kayama M, Choi DS et al (2006) Comparison of growth characteristics
and tolerance to serpentine soil of three ectomycorrhizal spruce
seedlings in northern Japan. Trees Struct Funct 20:430–440
Kiso S, Kikuchi K (1988) Optimizing the application rates of nitrogen
fertilizer on the basis of legume ratio in timothy (Phleum pratense
182
T. Nakatsuji et al.