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. Shirota Tetsuoh?: Modelling of tree growth in Northeastern Siberia
- Dr. Iijima Hayato: Modeling of stand dynamics of natural coniferous forests in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
- Dr. Watanabe Yoko (From Lab. Forest Dynamics): Wood anatomy in histochemistry for analysis on biological interactions, for identification of treasure trove in conservation of historic and artistics.
- 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).
- Related member at Field Science Center of Northern Biosphere of Hokkaido University
Dr. Eguchi Norikazu? (From Lab. Forest Dynamics): 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
- DC2
- DC1
- Kim YongSuk: Studies on the changes of forest soil properties and greenhouse gas emission following disturbances
- MC2
- Kanetoshi Masaharu?: The effect of the increases of CO2 concentration and nitrogen accumulation on the growth and photosynthetic characteristics of Robinia pseudoacacia.
- Nozawa Tomohiro?: Growth and allocation characteristics of sex dimorphic Morus bombycis.
- Matsunami Shiroh?: Studies of root sprout activity of Robinia pseudoacacia and the way to invade new area.
- Yamada Tadayasu?: Gene expression characteristics of Fagus crenata leaves at canopy layer induced by stress: seasonal change and response to stress.
- MC1
- 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 Yushi?: 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.
Undergraduate Students †
Memo.in parenthesis shows research interest at present
- Aoyama Chiho?: (Biological interaction in plant-insect relations; analysis of induced defense in beech and oak)
- Imori Masakazu?: Photosynthetic responses of hybrid larch F1 grown under two nitrgen regimes with sepcial reference to nitrogen allocation in needle
- Hasegawa yuko?: (Forest soil syudy -nutrient dynamics in burnt sites of white birch with dwarf bamboo stands)
- Yazawa Shungo?: "Tree doctoral study on the improvement of growth of suppressed ring-porous tree species regenerated in fir planation"--A case study on saplings of Kalopanax semtemlobus=K.pictus(tentative)