農学部研究紹介英語版2018-2019

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Forest Policy Laboratory Aturo MIKI Assistant Professor Forest policy Peasant’s forestry Political economy of forest We conduct research on the relationships between forests and humans and future global/local forest management systems with a global perspective. Our laboratory contributes to local societies by conducting research on practical problems and questions of the global users of our timber. https://www.facebook.com/shinshuforepol Actual conditions and problems of forest management bodies A B C D A B C field work field work Policies for Japanese forests, forestry and mountain-villages NWFPs and social forestry in Japan Environmental Symbiosis Science Division Laboratory of Silviculture Tetsuo OKANO Professor Long term dynamics, Forest regeneration, Plant sociology, Silviculture and Forest Soils. To get the forest ecosystem services sustainably in the changing world, the ecological and reasonable forest management is required. To realize our object, we try to understand the behavior of woody plants, the dynamics of forest ecosystems and their response to the human activity. Because forest ecosystems react sluggishly to natural disturbances and human impacts, and their responses are different depending on field characteristics, we adopt three strategy in our laboratory: (1) simple long term monitoring, (2) accumulation data based on practical field work, (3) comparison the field data with the theoretical models. Life History and its strategy of Woody Plants: Woody plants represent various shape and size. However, we can find the rules such as the pipe model, the elasticity model and so on. We try to integrate them under the concept of the metabolic ecology. A B C D A B C 写真、図 Long term monitoring site in natural oak forest in Hokkaido. Research on damaged tree. 写真、図 Long term monitoring site in Kiso to examine the regeneration process of Hinoki cypress. Vegetation Structure and Dynamics: Different plant species and its population is a unit of the vegetation. The competitive and cooperative interactions among resource and environment will result their relationships. Silviculture and Forest Management: The objects of silviculture has been changed in the history. We try to act the conservation biodiversity in artificial forest with low cost. We also try to success the recruitment of trees in disturbed or sasa-covered land. Environmental Symbiosis Science Division 27