Department of Forest Site Environment
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Team Leaders

♦ Hokkaido Research Center [Sapporo, Hokkaido]
Group Leader Shuhei AIZAWA
   Nitrogen mineralization; Soil chemistry; Stream water chemistry
Senior Researcher Tadashi SAKATA
  Soil gas dynamics; Soil organic matter
Senior Researcher Eriko ITO
Site evaluation; Nitrogen cycling; Seasonal tropical forests; GIS, Remote sensing; Ecological modelling

 Tohoku Research Center [Morioka, Iwate]
Group Leader Keizo HIRAI
  Nitrogen mineralization; Nutrient cycling; Site productivity
Researcher Tsuyoshi YAMADA
Biogeochemistry; Site properties; Soil hardness
Researcher Kenji ONO
   Forest soil; Recalcitrant organic matter; Decomposition; Humification

♦ Kiso Experimental Station [Kiso, Nagano]
Senior Researcher Toru OKAMOTO
 Stream water chemistry; Environmental changes

♦ Kansai Research Center [Kyoto]
Group Leader Takeo MIZOGUCHI
  Fine root dynamics; Mycorrhiza; Nutrient absorption
Senior Researcher Yasuhiro HIRANO
   Fine root; Indicator; Root morphology; Root physiology; Soil acidification
Senior Researcher Toko TANIKAWA
   Soil chemistry; Sulfur cycling; Nutrient dynamics; Soil acidification; Biogeochemistry

♦ Shikoku Research Center [Kochi]
Group Leader Hisao SAKAI
  Soil carbon dynamics model; Soil clasification
Senior Researcher Yoshiki SHINOMIYA
  Subsurface flow; Storm event; Nutrient export; Streamwater chemistry; Soil water storage
Senior Researcher Kyotaro NOGUCHI
   Fine root turnover; Plant nutrition; Nutrient dynamics


♦ Kyushu Research Center [Kumamoto]
Group Leader Yasuhiro OHNUKI
  Hydrogeomorphology; Soil physics; Soil erosion; Soil layer; Water storage
Senior Researcher Hidetoshi SHIGENAGA
  Tree physiology; Plant nutrition; Water relation; Forest decline; Cryptomeria japonica
Researcher Tatsuya TSURITA
   Forest soil; Soil physics; Water flux in forest soil


♦Researchers related to our research field
Principal Research Coordinator Masaki KATO
Director, Tama Forest Science Garden Akio AKAMA
Head, Research Planning Division Masamichi TAKAHASHI
Head, Research Information Division Makoto ARAKI
Research Coordinator, Shikoku Research Center Atsushi TORII





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