Principal Investigator
Toshihide Hirao, Ph.D.
Specialties: Forest Ecology and Community Ecology
Faculty introduction by the University of Tokyo
Current Students
Takara Tsukamoto, Master’s Course student
Research Interests: Effects of increased deer density on the population structure of taiga ticks and Lyme Borrelia
Takuya Yoshida, Master’s Course student
Research Interests: Source-sink effects of pollination services in forests under deer herbivory
Kohsuke Takeuchi, Master’s Course student
Research Interests: Genetic introgression and boundary formation of Acer tschonoskii complex
Shu Morikawa, Master’s Course student
Research Interests: Effects of human activities on habitat use and population structure of meso-carnivores
Daisuke Ueno, Undergraduate student
Research Interests: Ecological mechanisms causing an increase in the density of Reeves’s muntjac
Amane Saito, Undergraduate student
Research Interests: Density management approach based on deer vigilance behavior against hunting activities
Lab Alumni
Masanori Fujii, Institute for Environmental Sciences
Post-doc 2012-2015
Tsunenori Iwaki
M.S. 2016, Elevational gradients of vegetation and its impacts on higher trophic levels in the Okuchichibu Mountains
Mitsuru Kawasaki
M.S. 2018, Roles of season, habitat environment and genetic structure on the diet of Japanese deer
Nobuhiko Shigyo, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Ph.D. 2019, Spatio-temporal variability of soil microbial communities and their identity for litter decomposition in cool-temperate montane forests
Akane Kobara
M.S. 2019, Influence of the link between aboveground and belowground ecosystems under deer browsing on seedling demography
Shota Tanaka
M.S. 2020, Resprouting and its function based on forest disturbance regimes
Kohsuke Tanigawa
M.S. 2021, Legacy effects of understory vegetation decline caused by Sika deer on tree seedlings through modification of soil microbial functionings