Research field (3):
Morphology, anatomy
, Biological resource conservation
, Forest science
Research keywords (4):
樹木解剖学
, 林冠生物学
, 森林生態学
, 樹木生理生態学
Research theme for competitive and other funds (22):
2024 - 2027 Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar
2022 - 2026 Impact of beech water and nutrient stress induced by understory degradation on soil biodiversity and ecosystem function
2022 - 2026 Forest canopy ecology study focusing on epiphytic plant communities on large old trees
2021 - 2025 Towards predicting dynamics of tropical forest ecosystem based on changes in local resource environments and functional traits with tree ontogeny
2021 - 2024 Fertilization effects on atmospheric methane uptake by a rubber tree plantation in Thailand: a direct microbial inhibition or an indirect stimulation by higher tree water use?
2021 - 2024 New interpretation of trees' strategies on the water conduction
2021 - 2024 炭素分配戦略の視点から明らかにする天然スギ機能形質の地理変異
2021 - 2024 Estimation of sporadic CH4 emissions from a riparian wetland in responding to heave rain events
2020 - 2024 Evaluating physiological plasticity of trees to climate change using functional trait variation of xylem anatomy
2023 - 2024 クロマツにおける日常的な蒸散活動に対する幹および葉の貯留水利用特性
2020 - 2023 Effects of tree cutting on plant and animal communities in forest canopy: implication from old-growth Yakusugi forest in Yakushima Island
2021 - 2023 気候変動がスギ人工林の炭素蓄積や水循環に及ぼす影響評価
2021 - 2022 クロマツ高木における日常的な蒸散活動に対する幹の貯留水利用の可能性
2020 - 2022 巨樹上の着生植物群集に着目した林冠生態学的研究
2017 - 2020 Elucidation of hydraulic adaptation in tall trees: focused on fuction and roll of tissue contributed to water transport and storage.
2019 - 2020 芦生研究林内の着生植物の林冠生態学的研究
2016 - 2019 Role of xylem parenchyma cells in water conduction and defense mechanism of trees
2018 - 2018 芦生研究林内保存木の着生植物群集の保全生態学的研究
2016 - 2018 高木および高齢木の水分生理学的適応様式の解明:貯水・通水機能の組織と役割
2017 - 2018 芦生研究林内保存木の着生植物群集の保全生物学的研究
2016 - 2017 植物組織の化学分析および構造解析に関する研究
2013 - 2016 針葉樹の樹高成長を規定する生理学的要因の解明
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Papers (47):
Jun Murase, Kannika Sajjaphan, Chatprawee Dechjiraratthanasiri, Ornuma Duangngam, Rawiwan Chotiphan, Wutthida Rattanapichai, Wakana Azuma, Makoto Shibata, Poonpipope Kasemsap, Daniel Epron. Methane oxidation potential of soils in a rubber plantation in Thailand affected by fertilization. 2024
Natsuki Komada, Wakana A. Azuma, Yuya Ogawa, Chikae Tatsumi. Effects of host size and substrate types on the distribution of accidental and obligate epiphytes: a case study in a temperate forest of Japan. Plant Ecology. 2024
Ryo Nakahata, Wakana A. Azuma, Tomoko Tanabe, Kiyosada Kawai, Tsutom Hiura. Genotypic variations appear in fine root morphological traits of Cryptomeria japonica trees grown in a common garden. Ecological Research. 2024. 39. 717-729
Ikuyo Saeki, Sho Hioki, Wakana A. Azuma, Noriyuki Osada, Shigeru Niwa, Aino T. Ota, Hiroaki Ishii. Legacy over a thousand years: Canopy soil of old-growth forest fosters rich and unique invertebrate diversity that is slow to recover from human disturbance. Biological Conservation. 2024. 292. 110520
Wakana A. Azuma, Mai Kamakura, Hikari Yahara, Koichi Takahashi, Naoki Makita. Differences in photosynthetic and water use characteristics of four co-existing tree species at the treeline of the Japanese Alps. Journal of Forest Research. 2024. 29. 1. 46-53
Mai Kamakura, Kenji Tsuruta, Wakana Azuma, Naoki Inoue, Yoshiko Kosugi. Hydraulic characteristics and water storage of Japanese cypress using sap flow rate and water potential measurements. AsiaFlux2019 Conference Proceedings. 2019. 153-153
Contribution of whole-tree water storage to daily transpiration in conifer trees. 2019. 154-154
Kenshi Takahashi, Ayaka Sakabe, Masayuki Itoh, Wakana Azuma, Mioko Ataka, Makiko Tateishi, Yoshiko Kosugi. Methane emission from the stems of Alnus japonica in riparian wetlands within a temperate forest catchment. The 2018 joint 14 th iCACGP quadrennial symposium and 15 th IGAC science conference. 2018