Introduction

Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Management Laboratory is a new lab established in May 1999 at the Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Japan. There are currently fourteen members; an associate professor, a graduate student and twelve undergraduate students. 

We mainly study the dynamics of natural forests, especially old-growth deciduous broad-leaved forests, in cool-temperate regions in Japan. We also research the regeneration patterns and maintenance processes of secondary forests, which are strongly affected by human disturbances, using dendroecological methods for the basis of the conservation and management of forest ecosystems.

The Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Management Laboratory of Tottori University would like to welcome new undergraduate and/or graduate students who should be energetic and field hardy in forest research.
 
 

Main themes of our laboratory

Stand structure and regeneration patterns in old-growth forests
Ecological traits of tree species in deciduous broad-leaved forests
Effects of human disturbances on the establishment of secondary forests
Changes in forest environment and species diversity along forest development
 

Main sites of our studies

Deciduous broad-leaved forests in the Hiruzen Experimental Forest of Tottori University
Old- and second- growth forests in the Mt. Daisen National Park area
Cool-temperate regions in the northern Hemisphere
Secondary forests in and adjacent to Tottori City
Natural forests in Hokkaido, northern Japan
 

Main species for our studies

Quercus crispula (Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata), Fagus crenata, Quercus serrata, Quercus dentata, Quercus acutissima, Castanea crenata, Aesculus turbinata, Acanthopanax sciadophylloides, Betula grossa, Alnus hirsuta, Alnus japonica, Alnus maximowiczii, Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica, TIlia japonica, Prunus jamasakura, Prunus grayana, Magnolia obovata, Magnolia salicifolia, Acer palmatum, Acer mono, Acer japonicum, Acer sieboldianum, Acer micranthum, Acer crataegifolium, Acer rufinerve, Acer nipponicum, Zelkova serrata, Celtis sinensis, Aphananthe aspera, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, Ulmus laciniata, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Cornus controvasa, Cornus macrophylla, Cornus kousa, Clethra barbinervis, Carpinus tschonoskii, Carpinus japonica, Carpinus laxiflora, Juglans mandshurica, Pterocarya rhoifolia, Populus maximowiczii, Rhus trichocarpa, Rhus javanica, Morus bombysis, Aralia elata, Sorbus commixta, Sorbus alnifolia, Viburnum furcatum,  Viburnum weightii, Lindera umbellata, Symplocos coreana, Callicarpa japonica,  Euonymus oxyphyllus, Euonymus sieboldianus, Ilex pedunculosa, Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile, Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. nana,  Eurya japonica, Percea thunbergii, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii,  Liriodendron tulipifera........
 
 

Members of our laboratory

Associate professor
Junji Sano

Graduate student
Kazumi Fujita

Undergraduate students
Hirofumi Ohba
Miho Kozaki
Satomi Suzuki
Hiromi Senma
Emi Noguchi
Yoshie Munehara
Ai Usami
Miyuki Kase
Chihiro Takeda
Tomika Hagiwara
Nobutake Maeshima
Shinsuke Watanabe

Group photos of the students in our laboratory

 On a lifting bridge

 On a fallen log 
 
 

Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) forest on a foggy day
 

Contact address

Junji Sano, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Management
Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
4-101 Koyama-minami Tottori 680-8553 Japan
Phone&Fax: +81 857 31 5604
e-mail: jsano@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
 

Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Management Lab
 
 

Related homepages in Tottori University

 University Forests ／Forest Science Course ／Faculty of Agriculture
University Library／Tottori University

Established: 19 May 1999; Last updated: 21 Dec. 1999