Principal Investigator
Toshihide Hirao, Ph.D.
Specialties: Forest Ecology and Community Ecology
Faculty introduction by the University of Tokyo
Current Students
Kosuke Takeuchi, Master’s Course student
Research interests: Genetic variation and climate change adaptation of Acer tschonoskii complex
Shu Morikawa, Master’s Course student
Research interests: Effects of fear for humans on habitat use and eco-behavior of Japanese marten
Daisuke Ueno, Master’s Course student
Research interests: Ecological mechanisms causing the increased density of Reeves’s muntjac, an invasive alien species
Rika Yasui, Master’s Course student
Research interests: Eco-behavioral and physiological responses of meso-carnivores to human recreational activities
Takara Tsukamoto, Graduate research student
Research interests: Effects of increased deer density on the population structure of taiga tick and Lyme Borrelia
Tianyu Tang, Graduate research student
Research interests: Effects of forest vegetation decline by deer on seed dispersal networks of birds
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, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
M.S. 2021, Legacy effects of understory vegetation decline caused by Sika deer on tree seedlings through modification of soil microbial functionings
Takara Tsukamoto
M.S. 2022, Factors affecting the historical population dynamics and genetic structure of taiga tick, the vector of Lyme Borrelia
Takuya Yoshida
M.S. 2022, Source-sink effects of pollination services in forests under deer herbivory