Affilication
- Nobuo Imai, PhD (Forestry), Associate Professor
- Lab. Forest Ecology, Dep. Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502 Japan
- Tel: +81-(0)3-5477-2644 Email: i96nobuo(at)gmail.com
- Information: University, ResearchGate, Google Scholar Citation, ORCiD, Publons
- ※Nov 2022-Oct 2023
- Study at Ecosystem lab, Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Research Interests
- 1. Adaptation mechanism of tropical trees to nutrient deficiency
- 2. Sustainable tropical forest management
- 3. Evaluation method for biodiversity in tropical degraded landscape
- 4. Carbon allocation in the rhizosphere
- 5. Mangroves: biodiversity and ecosystem functions
- 6. Driving forces of tropical deforestation
- 7. Elevational change in ecosystem functions
- 8. Seminatural grassland: biodiversity and carbon sequestration
- 9. Global meta-analysis of diversity and functions of tree assemblages
Work experience
- Apr 2016 - : Associate professor, Dep. Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Apr 2013 - Mar 2016: Postdoctoral fellow, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
- Jun 2009 - Mar 2013: Postdoctoral fellow, Grad School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- Apr 2007 - May 2009: Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
- Jul 2006 - Mar 2007: Research fellow, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
Education
- Dissertation "Maintenance of mangrove zonation through regeneration processes"
- Apr 2003 - Mar 2007: Tokyo University of Agriculture (Ph.D. in Forestry)
- Apr 2001 - Mar 2003: Tokyo University of Agriculture (M.S. in Forestry)
- Apr 1996 - Mar 2000: Tokyo University of Agriculture (B.S. in Forestry)
Grants (JSPS Kakenhi)
- Apr 2022 -: A new paradigm of phosphorus limitation hypothesis for tropical forest ecosystems. Scientific Research B
- Jan 2022-: Effects of soil nutrient status on carbon allocation to mycorrhizas. Fostering Joint International Research A
- Apr 2019 - Mar 2022: Carbon allocation to mycorrhizas in very-fine roots. Scientific Research C
- Apr 2017 - Mar 2019: Carbon allocation to mycorrhizas in a forest ecosystem: developing a real-time measuring method for mycorrhizal respiration. Young Scientist B
- Apr 2015 - Mar 2017: Carbon allocation to mycorrhizal respiration in forested ecosystem. Young Scientist B
Academic membership
Committe member
- May 2022- ：Journal of Forest Research (Associate Editors-in-cheif)
- Jun 2021-：Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Associate Editor)
- Dec 2019-：Mangrove Science (Editor)
- Jan 2019-：Ecological Research (Editor)
- Apr 2018- Apr 2022：Journal of Forest Research (Editor)
Award
- Mar 2020：Oshima Award of the Ecological Society of Japan