Takuto SHITARA, Takaki AIHARA. New Localities of Betula costata Trautv. (Betulaceae) from Oku-Chichibu regions in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy. 2025. 73. 1. 63-66
Pavithra Rangani Wijenayake, Takuto Shitara, Akiko Hirata, Tetsuya Matsui, Yasuhiro Kubota, Takashi Masaki. Changes in forest ecosystem stability under climate change in a temperate landscape. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 2025. 7
Takuto Shitara, Takaki Aihara, Arata Momohara, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Tetsuya Matsui. Are disjunct populations of Betula costata in the Japanese Archipelago glacial relict? An attempt at verification by species distribution modeling. Ecological Research. 2024
Takashi Masaki, Tamotsu Sato, Tsutomu Yagihashi, Gaku Hitsuma, Takuto Shitara. Size and Plasticity of Crowns of Old-growth and Large-diameter Trees: A Case Study at the “OHAYASHI”, a Mixed Forest on Manazuru Peninsula. Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 2024. 106. 5. 140-144
Takuto Shitara, Hiroko Kurokawa, Michio Oguro, Takehiro Sasaki, Haruka Ohashi, Kaoru Niiyama, Mitsue Shibata, Tetsuya Matsui. Long-term changes in vegetation and land use in mountainous areas with heavy snowfalls in northern Japan: an 80-year comparison of vegetation maps. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 2024. 12
SHITARA Takuto, IWAMOTO Kojiro, ABE Shin, HASEGAWA Eri, SHIMADA Kazunori. New record of wild plants in the Tama Forest Science Garden, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. 2025. 24. 1. 37-41
From past to future: Modeling the climate-driven niche dynamics of endangered Indonesian Castanopsis species.
(The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan 2025)
Historical vegetation resurvey to address key questions in climate change ecology
(The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan 2025)
2016 - 2019 Tsukuba University Graduate School Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science Doctor’s course
2014 - 2016 Tokyo University of Agriculture Graduate School Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science Master's course
2008 - 2012 Tokyo University of Agriculture Faculty of Regional Environment Science Department of Forest Science
Professional career (1):
Doctor of Agriculture (University of Tsukuba)
Work history (3):
2021/10 - 現在 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute Tama Forest Science Garden Researcher
2020/04 - 2021/10 Laboratory of Vegetation Management, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (PD)
2019/04 - 2020/03 University of the Ryukyus Iriomote Station in Tropical Biosphere Research Center Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Committee career (8):
2025/04 - 現在 The society of vegetation science Manager of General Affairs
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
, Japanese Association of Historical Botany
, JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR PLANT SYSTEMATICS
, THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, THE SOCIETY OF VEGETATION SCIENCE