Members of Lab. Silvicutlure and Forest Ecology †
Teaching staff †
- Professor
- Koike Takayoshi (From Lab. Forest Dynamics)
【Key words】 Physiological Ecology of Forest plants, Forest rehabilitation (Photosynthesis of woody plants, Plant defense traits);
- An introduction to the research group of Forest Ecophysiology; Click here → Koike-Eng.pdf
- Associate Professor
- Shibuya Masato?
【Research subject】Stand dynamics and management of secondary broadleaved forests based on interaction between trees
- Assistant Professor
- Saito Hideyuki?
【Key words】Forestry and forest engineering, Environmental influence evaluation, Basic genome science
Researchers †
- Dr. Watanabe Makoto (graduated from Prof. T.Izuta's Lab.): JSPS Research Fellowship (PD),
Environmental botany of plant species as affected by ozone under different soil nitrogen or drought,
Aerobic methane emissions from woody species grown in FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment).
Adjunct Research Members †
- Dr. Watanabe Yoko (From Lab. Forest Dynamics): PD Research Fellow of FSC (Ecosystem Function Group), Wood anatomy in histochemistry for analysis on biological interactions, for identification of treasure trove in conservation of historic and artistics.
- Dr. Shirota Tetsuoh?: Assistant Professor of the Forest Ecology Lab. of Shinshu University: Modelling of tree growth in Northeastern Siberia
- Dr. Iijima Hayato: Researcher of the Forest Research Insitute of Yamanashi Prefecture: Forest Protection, Modeling of stand dynamics of natural coniferous forests in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
- Dr. Eguchi Norikazu? (From Lab. Forest Dynamics): Officer of Aichi Prefecture (Former research topics on the effect of elevated CO2 concentration on the hydraulic characteristics of representative deciduous tree species and their xylem structure with FACE).
Graduate Students †
:Research topic and subject
- DC3
- DC2
- Kim YongSuk: RA of the G-COE project, Studies on the changes of forest soil properties and greenhouse gas emission following disturbances
- MC2
- Nozawa Tomohiro?: Growth and allocation characteristics of sex dimorphic Morus bombycis.
- Yamada Tadayasu?: Gene expression characteristics of Fagus crenata leaves at canopy layer induced by stress: seasonal change and response to stress.
- Karaki Takayuki: The germination characteristics in seeds of Robinia pseudoacacia: the relationship between water permeability of seed coat and seasonal vigor of seeds.
- Hinata Kiyomi: The effect of CO2 concentration and nitrogen accumulation on spatical location of defence chemicals in leaves of deciduous tree species
- Marugami Hiroshi?: Physiological ecology in evaluation of water relations of reforestational trees seedlings native to the tropical region (tentative title).
- Urata Tsutomu: Examination of the relationship between tree-shape and tree-uprooting in conifers by the pulling down a tree
- Ryu Koharu: The effect of nitrogen accumulation on the symbiotic relationship between seedlings growing on serpentine soil and ectomycorhiza.
- MC1
- Aoyama Chiho?: (Biological interaction in plant-insect relations)
- Imori Masakazu?: Photosynthetic responses of hybrid larch F1 grown under two nitrgen regimes with sepcial reference to nitrogen allocation in needle
Undergraduate Students †
Memo.in parenthesis shows research interest at present;
- B4
- Inada Tomoya?:(Tropical forestry)
- Iwasaki Chihiro?:(Biodiversity of forest ecosystem)
- Sato Kaori:(Effect of disturbance by surface fire on dwarf-bamboo dominant forests)
- Suetsugu Naoki?:(Nutrient cycling in forest ecosystem with special references to soil fauna)
- Tatsuda Shimpei?:(Analysis on forest declining in birch, beech and spruce)
- HUSTEP student
- Kim Jiwon: (Forest ecology) HUSTEP* student on leave from Facultury of Agriculture & Life Science, Seoul National University, Korea ( * Hokkaido University Short Term Exchange Programme)