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SENSE OF WONDER!
Hydrological Plant Ecology

Associate Professor
Dr. Atsushi KUME

Director of Ashoro Research Forest
Agro-environmental Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Ashoro, Hokkaido 089-3705 JAPAN
akume@forest.kyushu-u.ac.jp
ResearcherID G-3523-2011



The main stem of oldQuercus crispula drilled by Dryocopus martius at Ashoro Research Forest, Hokkaido
(30 Apr 2009 Photo by A. Kume)


A new concept!
Toyama Field Center for Biosphere Research
-Alps, Forest, Land and Sea-

A new international journal!
Plant Root

GCOM-C@-Global Change Observation Mission-

A new book!
Forest Hydrology@ -Exploring the Fate of Water in Forest Ecosystems-

  • Our primary research is related to the study of energy and mass exchange between living organisms and their environment.
  • Based on the field measurement and environmental chemical analysis, we want to clarify the effect of global environmental changes on the various ecological processes, especially in the extreme environmental conditions.
  • We are currently devoted to develop environmental monitoring networks for the Japanese mountain ranges.


Key words:

Alpine, Arctic, Forest, Climate change, Satoyama
Botany, Environmental Biophysics, Forest Hydrology, Ecology, Plant Ecophysiology, Biometeorology, Isotope, Satellite Remote Sensing, Hyper Gravity, Space Moss, Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Pinus pumila, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Symplocarpus nipponicus, Pinus densiflora, Pinus armandii, Lithocarpus edulis, Aucuba japonica, Camellia rusticana etc.


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Last up date 23 Apr 2012