農学部研究紹介2017-2018_英語版

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Laboratory for Watershed ConservationTaijiroFUKUYAMAAssistantProfessorKeywords:LandslidesusceptibilitymappingSedimentproductioninforestedwatershedOutlineSediment-relateddisasters,suchasdebrisflow,deep-seatedlandslidesandsteep-slopefailuresoccurinJapaneveryyearduetonaturalconditionssuchassteepterrain,heavyrain,andseismicandvolcanicactivity.Toprotecthumanlives,housingandpublicfacilities,itisimportanttopredictthetiming,placeandmagnitudeofthesedisasters.Wearetryingtounderstandthemechanismsofsedimentproductionandtransport,temporalandspatialpatternsofwaterandsedimentdynamics,basedonfield-worksandlaboratoryexperiment.Other research focus areas are(1)understanding mechanisms of sediment-related disaster, such as landslide, to help disaster prevention and effective warning and evacuation system(2)assessment of the effect of the deer density on the surface soil erosion and the sediment delivery from forested catchment(3)evaluation of impact of hikers on mountain trail degradation, such as soil erosion.ABCDABCChannel-scouring by debris flows at Nagiso, JapanMountain trail degradation in Kirigamine HighlandDivision of Forest and EnvironmentalSymbiosis SciencesLaboratory of Applied Plant Ecology and Landscape EcologyKumikoOKUBOProfessorKeywords;LandscapeecologyConservationecologyPlantecologyVegetationmanagementAlienplantsNaturalmonument“Landscapeecology”aimstoproposeenvironmentalmanagementplansbyunderstandingtheinteractionofbiologicalandculturalcommunitieswithinthelandscape.Establishedin1997,thislaboratorytakesadvantageofthewonderfulfieldssurroundingourcampusandstudytheconservationofecosystemsandlandscapes.Biodiversity conservation and nature restoration in grasslands and wetlandsABCDABC写真、図Ex. 1 : Study site KirigamineHighland grassland 写真、図Ex.2 :Study site Lake SuwaManagement of exotic plants and evaluation of their threat to the ecosystemEcological communities and landscape preservation in paddy fieldsDivision of Forest and EnvironmentalSymbiosis Sciences30