Research papers  (updated: Nov 2024)

1)   Avtar, R., Chen, X., Fu, J., Alsulamy, S., Supe, H., Pulpadan, Y.A., Stephanus Louw, A., Nakaji, T. (2024) Tree Species Classification by Multi-Season Collected UAV Imagery in a Mixed Cool-Temperate Mountain Forest.  Remote Sensing 16(21) 4060-4060. 10.3390/rs16214060.

2)   Ueda, M., Nakamura, M., Nakaji, T., Kobayashi, M., Hiura, T. (2024) Indirect effects of soil warming on litter decomposition via changes in litter quality of dominant tree species in three cool-temperate forests. Plant and Soil, 10.1007/s11104-024-07023-9.

3)   Sivault, E., Kollross, J., Re Jorge, L., Finnie, S., Diez‐Méndez, D., Garzon, S.F., Maraia, H., Lenc, J., Libra, M., Murakami, M., Nakaji, T., Nakamura, M., Sreekar, R., Sam, L., Abe, T., Weiss, M., Sam, K. (2024) Insectivorous birds and bats outperform ants in the top‐down regulation of arthropods across strata of a Japanese temperate forest. Journal of Animal Ecology, 10.1111/1365-2656.14146.

4)   Ji, F., Li, F., Hao, D., Shiklomanov, A.N., Yang, X., Townsend, P.A., Dashti, H., Nakaji, T., Kovach, K.R., Liu, H., Luo, M., Chen, M. (2024) Unveiling the transferability of PLSR models for leaf trait estimation: lessons from a comprehensive analysis with a novel global dataset. New Phytologist, 243, 111-131. doi.org/10.1111/nph.19807.

5)   Nakaji, T., Makita, N., Katayama, A., Oguma, H. (2023) Belowground spectroscopy — Novel spectral approach for estimation of vertical and species-specific distributions of forest soil characteristics and heterotrophic respiration. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 339 109563-109563. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109563.

6)   Hojo, A., Avtar, R., Nakaji, T., Tadono, T., Takagi, K. (2023) Modeling forest above-ground biomass using freely available satellite and multisource datasets. Ecological Informatics, 74, 101973.

7)   Sasagawa, T., Kawaguchi Akitsu, T., Ide, R., Takagi, K., Takanashi, S., Nakaji, T., Nishida Nasahara, K. (2022) Accuracy Assessment of Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) and Chlorophyll Carotenoid Index (CCI) Derived from GCOM-C/SGLI with In situ Data. Remote Sensing, 14, 5352. doi.org/10.3390/rs14215352.

8)   Nakamura, M., Terada, C., Ito, K., Nakaji, T., et al. (2022) Evaluating the soil microbe community‐level physiological profile using EcoPlate and soil properties at 33 forest sites across Japan. Ecological Research, 37(3) 432-445.

9)   Endo, I, Kobatake, M., Tanikawa, N, Nakaji, T., Ohashi, M., Makita, N. (2021) Anatomical patterns of condensed tannin in fine roots of tree species from a cool-temperate forest. Annals of Botany, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab022.

10) TaeOh Kwon1, Hideaki Shibata1, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas2, Inger K. Schmidt2, Klaus S. Larsen2, Claus Beier2, Björn Berg3, Kris Verheyen4, Jean-Francois Lamarque5, Frank Hagedorn6, Nico Eisenhauer7,8, Ika Djukic6* and TeaComposition Network (2021) Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4: 678480, https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480.

11) Akitsu, T.K., Nakaji, T., Kobayashi, H., Okano, T., Honda, Y., Bayarsaikhan, U., Terigele, Hayashi, M., Hiura, T., Ide, R., Igarashi, S., Kajiwara, K., Kumikawa, S., Matsuoka, Y., Nakano, T., Nakano, T., Okuda, A., Sato, T., Tachiiri, K., Takahashi, Y., Uchida, J., and Nishida-Nasahara, K. (2020). Large-scale ecological field data for satellite validation in deciduous forests and grasslands. Ecological Research, 35, 1009-1028 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12155.

12) Akitsu, T. K., Nakaji T., Yoshida T., Sakai R., Mamiya W., Terigele, Takagi K., Honda Y., Kajiwara K., Nasahara K. N. (2020). Field data for satellite validation and forest structure modeling in a pure and sparse forest of Picea glehnii in northern Hokkaido. Ecological Research, 35, 750-764. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.12114.

13) Ataka, M., Sun, L., Nakaji, T., Katayama, A., Hiura, T. (2020) Five-year nitrogen addition affects fine-root exudation and its correlation with root respiration of a dominant species Quercus crispula in a cool-temperate forest, Japan. Tree Physiology, 40, 367-376.

14) Tanikawa, N., Nakaji, T., Yahara, H., Makita, N. (2019) Exploring patterns of fine root morphological, chemical, and anatomical traits of 12 tree species from visible–near-infrared spectral reflectance. Plant and Soil, 445, 469-481.

15) Volf, M., Klimeš, P., Lamarre, G.P.A., Redmond, C.M., Seifert, C.L., Abe, T., Auga, J., Anderson-Teixeira, K., Basset, Y., Beckett, S., Butterill, P.T., Drozd, P., Gonzalez-Akre, E., Kaman, O., Kamata, N., Laird-Hopkins, B., Libra, M., Manumbor, M., Miller, S.E., Molem, K., Mottl, O., Murakami, M., Nakaji, T., Plowman, N.S., Pyszko, P., Šigut, M., Šipoš, J., Tropek, R., Weiblen, G.D., & Novotny, V. (2019) Quantitative assessment of plant-arthropod interactions in forest canopies: a plot-based approach. Plos One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222119.

16) Suzuki, S., Ataka, M. Djukic, I.  Enoki, T., Fukuzawa, K., Hirota, M., Hishi, T., Hiura, T., Hoshizaki, K., Ida, H., Iguchi, A., Iimura, Y., Ise, T., Tanaka, K., Kina, Y., Kobayashi, H., Kominami, Y., Kurokawa, H., Makoto, K., Matsushita, M., Miyata, R., Muraoka, H., Nakaji, T., Nakamura, M., Niwa, S., Noh, N., Sato, T., Seino, T., Shibata, H., Suzuki, R., Takahashi, K., Tsunoda, T., Utsumi, Y., Watanabe, K. (2019) Harmonized data on early stage litter decomposition using tea material across Japan. Ecological Research, doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12032.

17) Yamaguchi, D.P., Mishima, D., Nakamura, K., Sano, J., Nakaji, T., Hiura, T., Hikosaka, K. (2019) Limitation in the temperature acclimation of photosynthesis in canopy leaves of Quercus serata. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2: 19  doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00019.

18) 井上華央, 柴田英昭, 吉田俊也, 中路達郎, 小花和宏之, 加藤顕 (2019) 無人航空機による3次元データを用いた天然生針広混交林における葉の窒素含量の空間分布. 森林立地, 61, 1-13.

19)  Agetsuma, N., Agetsuma-Yanagihara, Y., Takafumi, H., Nakaji, T. (2019) Plant constituents affecting food selection by Sika deer. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83, 669-678.

20)  Nakaji, T., Oguma, H., Nakamura, M., Kachina, P., Asanok, L., Marod, D., Aiba, M., Kurokawa, H., Kosugi, Y., Rahman Kassim, A., Hiura, T. (2019) Estimation of six leaf traits of East Asian forest tree species by leaf spectroscopy and partial least square regression. Remote Sensing of Environment 233, 111381. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111381.

21)  Arjasakusuma, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Nakaji, T., Kosugi, Y., Shamsuddin, S.-A., and Lion, M. (2018) Assessment of values and trends in coarse spatial resolution NDVI datasets in Southeast Asia landscapes. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 51, 863-877. doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2018.1496799.

22)  Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Nakaji, T. et al. (2018) Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 1369-1394, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012.

23)  Nagai, S., Akitsu, T., Saitoh, T.M., Nakaji, T., et al. (2018) 8 million phenological and sky images from 29 ecosystems from the Arctic to the tropics: the Phenological Eyes Network. Ecological Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-018-1633-x.

24) 中路達郎, 岸田治, 内海俊介, 福澤加里部, 小林真, 伊藤悠也, 間宮春大, 芦谷大太郎, 上浦達哉 (2017) 北大研究林の強みを活かした教育研究の充実に向けて平成27年度報告会総合討論―, 北方森林保全技術 34 43-47.

25)  奥崎穣, 持田浩治, 永井信, 中路達郎, 小熊宏之. (2017) 生態学者のための分光計測. 日本生態学会誌, 67, 41-56.

26)  Yamaguchi, D.P., Nakaji, T., Hiura, T. and Hikosaka, K. (2016) Effects of seasonal change and experimental warming on temperature dependence of photosynthesis in the canopy leaves of Quercus serrata. Tree Physiology, 10.1093/treephys/tpw021.

27)  Agathokleous, E., Watanabe, M., Eguchi, N., Nakaji, T., Satoh, F., & Koike, T. (2016) Root production of Fagus crenata Blume saplings grown in two soils and exposed to elevated CO2 concentration: an 11-year free-air-CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiment in Northern Japan. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 227, DOI 10.1007/s11270-016-2884-1.

28)  Wang, X., Fujita, S., Nakaji, T., Watanabe, M., Satoh, F., Koike, T. (2016) Fine root turnover of Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) grown under elevated CO2 in northern Japan. Trees, 30, 363-374, DOI 10.1007/s00468-015-1282-4.

29)  Agathokleous, E., Watanabe, M., Nakaji, T., Wang, X., Satoh, F., Koike, T. (2016) Impact of elevated CO2 on root traits of a sapling community of three birches and an oak: a free-air-CO2 enrichment (FACE) in northern Japan. Trees, 30, 353-362, DOI 10.1007/s00468-015-1272-6.

30)  Noh,N, Kuribayashi, M., Saitoh, T.M., Nakaji, T., Nakamura, M., Hiura, T., Muraoka, H. (2016) Responses of soil, heterotrophic,and autotrophic respiration to experimental open-field soil warming in a cool-temperate deciduous forest. Ecosystems, 19, 504-520, DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9948-8.

31)  Nakamura, M., Nakaji, T., Muller,O., Hiura, T. (2014) Different initial responses of the canopy herbivory rate in mature oak trees to experimental soil and branch warming in a soil-freezing area. Oikos, DOI: 10.1111/oik.01940.

32)  Wingate, L., Ogée, J., Cremonese, E., Filippa, G., Mizunuma, T., Migliavacca, M., Moisy, C., Wilkinson, M., Moureaux, C., Wohlfahrt, G., Hammerle, A., Hörtnagl, L., Gimeno, C., Porcar-Castell, A., Galvagno, M., Nakaji, T., Morison, J., Kolle, O., Knohl, A., Kutsch, W., Kolari, P., Nikinmaa, E., Ibrom, A., Gielen, B., Eugster, W., Balzarolo, M., Papale, D., Klumpp, K., Köstner, B., Grünwald, T., Joffre, R., Ourcival, J.-M., Hellstrom, M., Lindroth, A., Charles, G., Longdoz, B., Genty, B., Levula, J., Heinesch, B., Sprintsin, M., Yakir, D., Manise, T., Guyon, D., Ahrends, H., Plaza-Aguilar, A., Guan, J. H., and Grace, J. (2015) Interpreting canopy development and physiology using the EUROPhen camera network at flux sites, Biogeosciences, 12, 7979-8034, doi:10.5194/bgd-12-7979-2015.

33)  Urakawa, R., Ohte, N., Shibata, H., Tateno, R., Hishi, T., Fukushima, K., Inagaki, Y., Hirai, K., Oda, T., Oyanagi, N, Nakata, M., Toda, H., Kenta, T., Fukuzawa, K., Watanabe, T., Tokuchi, N., Nakaji, T., Saigusa, N., Yamao, Y., Nakanishi, A., Enoki, T., Ugawa, S., Hayakawa, A., Kotani, A., Kuroiwa, M., Isobe, K. (2015) Biogeochemical nitrogen properties of forest soils in the Japanese archipelago, Ecological Research, 30,1-2.

34)  Nakaji, T., Kosugi, Y., Takanashi, S., Niiyama, K., Noguchi, S., Tani, M., Oguma, H., Rahim Nik, A., Rahman Kassim, A. (2014) Estimation of light-use efficiency through a combinational use of the photochemical reflectance index and vapor pressure deficit in an evergreen tropical rainforest at Pasoh, Peninsular Malaysia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 150, 82-92.

35)  中路達郎小熊宏之日浦勉2014)森林における葉形質のリモートセンシング. 日本生態学会誌, 64, 215-221.

36)  Ueda, U M., Muller, O., Nakamura, M., Nakaji, T., Hiura, T. (2013) Soil warming decreases inorganic and dissolved organic nitrogen pools by preventing the soil from freezing in a cool temperate forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 61, 105-108.

37)  Matsunaga, N. S., Muller, O., Chatani, S., Nakamura, M., Nakaji, T. and Hiura, T. (2012) Seasonal variation of isoprene basal emission in mature Quercus crispula trees under experimental warming of roots and branches. Geochemical journal, 46, 163-167.

38)  Nakaji, T., Oguma, H. and Hiura, T. (2011) Ground-based monitoring of the leaf phenology of deciduous broad-leaved trees using high resolution NDVI camera images. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 67, 65-74.

39)  Ide, R., Nakaji, T., Motohka, T. and Oguma, H. (2011) Advantages of visible-band spectral remote sensing at both satellite and near-surface scales for monitoring the seasonal dynamics of GPP in a Japanese larch forest. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 67, 75-84.

40)  Nakamura, M., Muller, O., Tayanagi, S., Nakaji, T. and Hiura, T. (2010) Experimental branch warming alters tall tree leaf phenology and acorn. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150, 1026-1029.

41)  Ide, R., Nakaji, T. and Oguma, H. (2010) Assessment of canopy photosynthetic capacity and estimation of GPP by using spectral vegetation indices and the light–response function in a larch forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150, 389–398.

42)  Takagi, K., Fukuzawa, K., Liang, N. Kayama, M., Nomura, M., Hojyo, H., Sugata, S., Shibata, H., Fukazawa, T., Takahashi, T., Nakaji, T., Oguma, H., Mano, M., Akibayashi, Y., Murayama, T., Koike, T., Sasa, K. and Fujinuma, Y. (2009) Change in the CO2 balance under a series of forestry activities in a cool-temperate mixed forest with dense undergrowth. Global Change Biology, 15, 1275-1288.

43)  Nakaji, T., Noguchi, K., and Oguma, H. (2008) Classification of rhizosphere components using visible-near infrared spectral images. Plant and Soil, 310, 245-261.

44)  Nakaji, T., Ide, R., Takagi, K., Kosugi, Y., Ohkubo, S., Nishida, K., Saigusa, N. and Oguma, H. (2008) Utility of spectral vegetation indices for estimation of light conversion efficiency in managed coniferous forests in Japan. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 776-787.

45)  Saji, S., Bathula, S., Kubo, A., Tamaoki, M., Kanna, M., Aono, M., Nakajima, N., Nakaji, T., Takeda, T., Asayama, M. and Saji, H. (2008) Disruption of a gene encoding C4-dicarboxylate transporter-like protein increases ozone sensitivity through deregulation of the stomatal response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiology, 49, 2-10.

46)  Nakaji, T., Ide, R., Oguma, H., Saigusa, N. and Fujinuma, Y. (2007) Utility of spectral vegetation index for estimation of gross CO2 flux under varied sky conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 109, 274-289.

47)  Nakaji, T., Oguma, H. and Fujinuma, Y. (2006) Seasonal changes in the relationship between photochemical reflectance index and photosynthetic light use efficiency of Japanese larch needles. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27, 493-509.

48)  Nakaji, T., Takeda, T., Fujinuma, Y. and Oguma, H. (2005) Effect of autumn senescence on the relationship between the PRI and LUE of young Japanese larch trees. PHYTON, 45, 535-542.

49)  Nakaji, T., Yonekura, T., Kuroha, M., Takenaga, S. and Izuta, T. (2005) Growth, annual ring structure and nutrient status of Japanese red pine and Japanese cedar seedlings after three years of excessive N load. PHYTON, 45, 457-464.

50)  Nakaji, T., Oguma, H. and Fujinuma, Y. (2005) Influence of elevated air temperature on the relationship between photochemical reflectance index (PRI) and photosynthetic light use efficiency of poplar leaves. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 60, 989-992.

51)  Watanabe, M., Yonekura, T., Honda, Y., Yoshidome, M., Nakaji, T. and Izuta, T. (2005) Effects of ozone and soil water stress, singly and in combination, on leaf antioxidative systems of Fagus crenata seedlings. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 60, 1105-1108.

52)  Izuta, T., Yamaoka, T., Nakaji, T., Yonekura, T., Yokoyama, M., Funada, R., Koike, T and Totsuka, T. (2004). Growth, net photosynthesis and leaf nutrient status of Fagus crenata seedlings grown in brown forest soil acidified with H2SO4 or HNO3 solution. Trees, 18, 677-685.

53)  Nakaji, T., Kobayashi, T., Kuroha, M., Omori, K., Matsumoto, Y., Yonekura, T., Watanabe, K., Utriainen, J. and Izuta, T. (2004) Growth and nitrogen availability of red pine seedlings under high nitrogen load and elevated ozone. Water, Air and Soil Pollution - Focus, 4, 277-287.

54)  中路達郎武田知己向井 小池孝良小熊宏之藤沼康実 (2003) カラマツ針葉の色素濃度および光合成活性と分光反射指標の関係. 日本林学会誌, 85, 205-213.

55)  Izuta, T. and Nakaji, T. (2003) Effects of high nitrogen load and ozone on forest tree species. Eurasian Journal of Forest Research, 6, 155-170.

56)  田村俊樹米倉哲志中路達郎清水英幸 延文伊豆田 (2002) 前白根山周辺におけるダケカンバの生育状況葉内成分および生育土壌に関する調査. 大気環境学会誌, 37, 320-330.

57)  Nakaji, T., Takenaga, S., Kuroha, M. and Izuta, T. (2002) Photosynthetic response of Pinus densiflora seedlings to high nitrogen load. Environmental Sciences, 9, 269-282.

58)  Nakaji, T., Fukami, M., Dokiya, Y. and Izuta, T. (2001) Effects of high nitrogen load on growth, photosynthesis and nutrient status of Cryptomeria japonica and Pinus densiflora seedlings. Trees, 15, 453-461.

59)   Izuta, T., Yamaoka, T., Nakaji, T., Yonekura, T., Yokoyama, M., Matsumura, H., Ishida, S., Yazaki, K., Funada, R. and Koike, T. (2001) Growth, net photosynthetic rate, nutrient status and secondary xylem anatomical characteristics of Fagus crenata seedlings grown in brown forest soil acidified with H2SO4 solution. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 1007-1012.

60)   Nakaji, T. and Izuta, T. (2001) Effects of ozone and/or excess soil nitrogen on growth, needle gas exchange rates and Rubisco contents of Pinus densiflora seedlings. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 971-976.