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, drought and CO2 concentration.
Aerobic methane emissions from woody species grown in FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment).
- Dr. Makoto Kobayashi: Research fellow in AgriScience?, (From Lab. Forest Dynamics): The effect of charcoal on the interaction between ectomycorhiza and host plants in forest ecosystem.
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
- Kim YongSuk: RA of the G-COE project, Studies on the changes of forest soil properties and greenhouse gas emission following disturbances. (JSPS research fellow, DC2)
- DC1
- Novriyanti Eka: RA of the G-COE project, Ecochemical and ecophysiological study on the afforestation tree species in tropical and temperate forests. (G-COE: Center of Excellence Student)
- Mao Qiaozhi: Silviculture and ecophysiological study on the effect of elevated CO2 and high nitrogen loading of larch species. (The China Scholarship Council (CSC Program) fellow)
- MC2
- Yamada Tadayasu?: Gene expression characteristics of Fagus crenata leaves at canopy layer induced by stress: seasonal change and response to stress.
- Aoyama Chiho?: (Biological interactions in plant-insect relations)
- Imori Masakazu?: Photosynthetic responses of hybrid larch F1 grown under two nitrogen regimes with special reference to nitrogen allocation in needle
- MC1
- Iwasaki Chihiro?:(Biodiversity of forest ecosystem)
- Sato Kaori:(Effect of disturbance by surface fire on the regeneration in dwarf-bamboo dominant forests)
- Suetsugu Naoki?:(Nutrient cycling in forest ecosystem with special references to soil fauna)
- Tatsuda Shimpei?:(Analysis on forest declining of birch forests in the vicinity of Lake Mashu)
Undergraduate Students †
Memo.in parenthesis shows research interest at present;
- B4
- Ito Hirotaka?:(Functional phenology of deciduous broad-leaved trees)
- Inada Naoki?:(Effects of elevated O3 and/or CO2 on the growth of birch species)
- Koide Tomoya?:(Forest rehabilitation in Indonesian rain forests)
- Kojima Saori?:(Practical forest management on man-made forests)
- Oikawa Monta?:(Plant-Insect interactions)
All are tentative title as Bsc. thesis.