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| | The Future Role of Satoyama Woodlands |
 | | Oak woodlands were regenerated by coppicing but red pine woodlands were usually reproduced by natural seeding or, sometimes, by afforestation. |
 | | This may also mean a change in the Japanese perception of nature as, apart from the southern part of Japan, the deciduous, broad-leaved forests have been the major element in the Japanese landscape, Indeed, Yasuda (1980) has argued that Japanese culture has been based on the deciduous broad-leaved forests or woodlands since Neolithic times. |
 | | On the basis of the similarity of floristic components and physiognomy among Japanese, Korean, and north-eastern Chinese vegetation, it is possible to speculate that meadows similar to those of Inner Mongolia, and deciduous oak forests similar to those in Korea and north-eastern China, were found in Japan in the last-glacial period. |
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