KINUGASA Toshihiko (Doctor of Science)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
Office
Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
Phone / Fax: +81-857-31-5384
Email: kinugasa@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
　
Research interests
Ongoing research
Ph.D. thesis
Reproductive growth of an annual, Xanthium canadense, at an elevated carbon dioxide concentration (Tohoku University with T. Hirose)

Publications
Original papers [google scholar]　[ResearchGate]
  1. Sasaki T., Collins SL., Rudgers JA, Batdelger G., Baasandai E., Kinugasa T. (2023) Dryland sensitivity to climate change and variability using nonlinear dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (35) e2305050120 [Link]
  2. Hu R., Yoshihara Y., Gantsetseg B., Kinugasa T. (2023) Different regrowth patterns after repeated clipping in two Mongolian pasture species. Plant Ecology [Link]
  3. Yoshihara Y., Saiga C., Tamura T., Kinugasa T. (2023) Relationships between sheep nematode infection, nutrition, and grazing behavior on improved and semi-natural pastures. Veterinary and Animal Science 19:100278 [Link]
  4. Kinugasa T., Gantsetseg B. (2023) Factors causing different CO2 responses in shoot regrowth after defoliation between two grassland species in Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments 104916 [Link]
  5. Yoshihara, Y., Aoki, R., Kinugasa, T., Sasaki, T. (2022). Predicted effects of simulated ambient warming and moisture on forage nutrient quality and community composition in Mongolian an arid grassland. The Rangeland Journal 44:159-164 [Link]
  6. Sasaki, T., Nambu, M., Iwachido, Y., Yoshihara, Y., Batdelger, G., Kinugasa, T. (2022) Responses of plant productivity and carbon fluxes to short-term experimental manipulations of climate change and species loss in a Mongolian grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 198:104690 [Link]
  7. Kinugasa T, Sagayama T, Gantsetseg B, Liu J, Kimura R (2021) Effect of simulated grazing on sediment trapping by single plants: a wind-tunnel experiment with two grassland species in Mongolia. CATENA 105262 (accepted)
  8. Liu J, Kimura R, Miyawaki M, Kinugasa T. Effects of plants with different shapes and coverage on the blown-sand flux and roughness length examined by wind tunnel experiments. CATENA (in press) [Link]
  9. Kinugasa T, Shirakawa S. (2019) Interspecific variation in root penetration abilities of 15 wild plants in the Mongolian steppe. Journal of Arid Environments (in press) [Link]
  10. Kinugasa T, Ishibashi K, Miyawaki M, Gantsetseg B. (2019) Germination characteristics and phytotoxic inhibition of germination in Artemisia adamsii, a low-palatability weed in the Mongolian steppe. Seed Science Research 29:197-203 [Link]
  11. Wakabayashi S, Kinugasa T. (2019) Ozone response of Sedum species commonly used for green roofs. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 45:21-26 (in Japanese with English summary)
  12. Imai S, Ito, TY, Kinugasa T, Shinoda M, Tsunekawa A, Lhagvasuren B. (2019) Nomadic movement of Mongolian gazelles identified through the net squared displacement approach. Mammal Study 44:1-9 [Link]
  13. ItoTY, SakamotoY, Lhagvasuren B, Kinugasa T, Shinoda M. (2018) Winter habitat of Mongolian gazelles in areas of southern Mongolia under new railroad construction: an estimation of interannual changes in suitable habitats. Mammalian Biology 93:13-20 [Link]
  14. Kinugasa T, Hozumi Y. (2017) Effects of temporally biased watering on the nitrogen response of Chenopodium album. Acta Oecologica 82:61–68 [Link]
  15. Imai S, Ito, TY, Kinugasa T, Shinoda M, Tsunekawa A, Lhagvasuren B. (2017) Effects of spatiotemporal heterogeneity of forage availability on annual range size of Mongolian gazelles. Journal of Zoology 301:133-140 [Link]
  16. Kinugasa T, Hozumi Y, Nishizima H, Ishitobi A, Miyawaki M. (2016) Germination characteristics of early successional annual species after severe drought in the Mongolian steppe. Journal of Arid Environments 130:49-53 [Link]
  17. Kinugasa T, Suzuyama Y, Tsuchihashi N, Nachinshonhor G.U. (2015) Colonization and expansion of grassland species after abandonment of dirt roads in the Mongolian steppe. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 11:19-27 [Link]
  18. Sai M, Masuda T, Hara E, Yamanaka N, Kinugasa T (2015) The effect of seed size on seedling growth and drought tolerance of the restoration shrub Caragana korshinskii Kom. in China. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 41:51-55 (in Japanese with English summary)
  19. Kinugasa T, Oda S. (2014) Effects of vehicle track formation on soil seed banks in grasslands with different vegetation in the Mongolian steppe. Ecological Engineering 67:112–118 [Link]
  20. Tanaka H, Takahashi H, Iwamoto S, Hara E, Masuda T, Kinugasa T (2013) Seed dispersal and seedling dynamics of the restoration shrub Caragana korshinskii Kom. in Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 39:39-43 (in Japanese with English summary) [Link]
  21. Kinugasa T, Tsunekawa A, Shinoda M (2012) Increasing nitrogen deposition enhances post-drought recovery of grassland productivity in the Mongolian steppe. Oecologia 170:857-865 [Link]
  22. Kinugasa T, Sato T, Oikawa S, Hirose T (2012) Demand and supply of N in seed production of soybean (Glycine max) at different N fertilization levels after flowering. Journal of Plant Research 125:275-281 [Link]
  23. Hikosaka K, Kinugasa T, Oikawa S, Onoda Y, Hirose T (2011) Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on seed production in C3 annual plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 62:1523-1530 [Link]
  24. Oikawa S, Miyagi KM, Hikosaka K, Okada M, Matsunami T, Kokubun M, Kinugasa T, Hirose T (2010) Interactions between elevated CO2 and N2-fixation determine soybean yield - a test using a non-nodulated mutant. Plant and Soil 330:163-172 [Link]
  25. Miyagi KM, Kinugasa T, Hikosaka K, Hirose T (2007) Elevated CO2 concentration, nitrogen use, and seed production in annual plants. Global Change Biology 13: 2161-2170 [Link]
  26. Kinugasa T, Hikosaka K, Hirose T (2005) Respiration and reproductive effort in Xanthium canadense. Annals of Botany 96:81-89 [Link]
  27. Kinugasa T, Hikosaka K, Hirose T (2005) Reproduction and respiration in an annual under elevated CO2. Phyton 45:415-418
  28. Hikosaka K, Onoda Y, Kinugasa T, Anten NPR, Nagashima H, Hirose T (2005) Plant responses to elevated CO2 at different scales: leaves, whole plants, canopies, and populations. Ecological Research 20:243-253 [Link]
  29. Anten NPR, Hirose T, Onoda Y, Kinugasa T, Kim HY, Okada M, Kobayashi K (2004) Elevated CO2 and nitrogen availability have independent interactive effects on canopy carbon gain in rice. New Phytologist 161:459-471 [Link]
  30. Kinugasa T, Hikosaka K, Hirose T (2003) Reproductive allocation of an annual, Xanthium canadense, at an elevated carbon dioxide concentration. Oecologia 137 (1):1-9 [Link]
Other articles
  1. Kinugasa T, Shinoda M, Tsunekawa A (2008) Increasing nitrogen deposition and grassland productivity in Mongolia. Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World vol. 1 p.614
  2. Hirose T, Kinugasa T, Shitaka Y (2005) Time of flowering, costs of reproduction and reproductive output in annuals. In: Reekie EG & Bazzaz FA eds. The Allocation of Resources to Reproduction in Plants. Elsevier, Netherland, 159-190
  3. Kinugasa T, Hikosaka K, Hirose T (2003) Energy consumption in growth of an annual plant. Japanese Journal of Ecology 53:55-60  (in Japanese) [Link]
  4. Kinugasa T, Hikosaka K, Hirose T (2001) Reproductive yield of an annual plant under elevated CO2 concentration. 6th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Extended abstract Vol.1 pp.408-411