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Laboratory of Wild Resource Plant ScienceTeruoARASEAssociateProfessorPh.D.,CuratorPlantecology,Phytogeography,Planttaxonomy,Utilization&evaluationofwildresourceplant,Vegetationrecovery,StatisticsforfieldscienceThepurposeoftheLaboratoryofWildResourcePlantScienceistostudytheecologyandtaxonomyofwildplants(e.g.edibleplants,medicinalplants,orplantsavailableforvegetationrecovery),fortheiruseinagronomyandsilviculture.WemanagetheonlyherbariumintheFacultyofAgriculturewherenumeroustaxonomicspecimensaregarnered.Ecology, phytogeography, taxonomy of wild plantsABCDABCHerbarium specimens managed in our laboratorySamples of edible and medicinal fruits (left)Vegetation survey by students (right) Ecology of wild birds related to vegetation recovery, agronomy and silvicultureCreation, conservation and management of biotopeUtilization and evaluation of wild resource plantsStatistics for field science, especially for vegetation, ecological succession, and plant morphologyDivision of Forest and EnvironmentalSymbiosis SciencesForest Ecology and EnvironmentHajime KOBAYASHIAssociate ProfessorResearch Keywords;Artificial coniferous forestsCarbon absorptionPhotosynthesisForest managementTimber productionForest dynamicsIntheForestEnvironmentandEcologylab.weaddressvariousquestionslyingonforestecosystem,particularlyfocusingonissuesofimportancetothesocietyandenvironment.Recentthemeswearetacklingareasfollows:Interactiveeffectsofwaterandnitrogenoncarbondioxideabsorptioninartificialconiferousforests.Prospectsofforestdynamicsandcarbondioxideaccumulationinsubalpineconiferforestunderclimatechange.Verifyingtheeffectofthinningoncarbondioxidebudgetonartificialconiferousforests.Photo upper right. Camping at lodge Shirabe, in the Nishikoma experiment forest, Shinshu univ.. A nice 90 minutes trekking is required to access to our comfortable lodge.Photo left. Installing open top chambers above the timber line (Alt. 2600m) at mount Shogigashira, located in the Nishikomaexperiment forest, Shinshu univ.Photos. Right column upper: permanent plot in a secondary sub alpine conifer forest in the Nishikomaexperiment forest, Shinshu univ.. Right column lower: measuring photosynthesis and transpiration rates of larixtrees above 20m high from the ground. Middle column upper: measuring water potential of hinokicypress shoots in the Terasawayamaexperiment forest, Shinshu univ.. Middle column lower: A huge rotten beech tree standing beside the trail to lodge Shirabe, in the Nishikomaexperiment forest. Left column: cutting sixty-year-old hinokicypress tree using chain saw for laboratory work.Division of Forest and EnvironmentalSymbiosis Sciences32