scholarly journals Dynamics of Primary and Secondary Warm-temperate Rain Forests in Yakushima Island

Tropics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi KOHYAMA ◽  
Shin-ichiro AIBA
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forests ◽  
Yakushima Island ◽  
Warm Temperate

scholarly journals Disturbance regimes, gap-demanding trees and seed mass related to tree height in warm temperate rain forests worldwide

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 701-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Grubb ◽  
Peter J. Bellingham ◽  
Takashi S. Kohyama ◽  
Frida I. Piper ◽  
Alfredo Valido
Keyword(s):  
Seed Mass ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Disturbance Regimes ◽  
Warm Temperate

Topography-specific emergence of fungal fruiting bodies in warm temperate evergreen broad-leaved forests on Yakushima Island, Japan

Mycoscience ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 388-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyou Tsujino ◽  
Takakazu Yumoto ◽  
Hirotoshi Sato ◽  
Akio Imamura
Keyword(s):  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Yakushima Island ◽  
Warm Temperate

Pre-Linnaean pictures of the secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius (J. F. )

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAGNAR K. KINZELBACH
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Nile Valley ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Roman Emperor ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
The Family ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Sub Saharan

The secretarybird, the only species of the family Sagittariidae (Falconiformes), inhabits all of sub-Saharan Africa except the rain forests. Secretarybird, its vernacular name in many languages, may be derived from the Arabic “saqr at-tair”, “falcon of the hunt”, which found its way into French during the crusades. From the same period are two drawings of a “bistarda deserti” in a codex by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (1194–1250). The original sketch obviously, together with other information on birds, came from the court of Sultan al-Kâmil (1180–1238) in Cairo. Careful examination led to an interpretation as Sagittarius serpentarius. Two archaeological sources and one nineteenth century observation strengthened the idea of a former occurrence of the secretarybird in the Egyptian Nile valley. André Thevet (1502–1590), a French cleric and reliable research traveller, described and depicted in 1558 a strange bird, named “Pa” in Persian language, from what he called Madagascar. The woodcut is identified as Sagittarius serpentarius. The text reveals East Africa as the real home of this bird, associated there among others with elephants. From there raises a connection to the tales of the fabulous roc, which feeds its offspring with elephants, ending up in the vernacular name of the extinct Madagascar ostrich as elephantbird.

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