【Workshop Report】Life history regulation of forest trees: towards cross-biome analysis
Date: 9:00-17:30, Friday 2 September 2011
Venue: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
This workshop aims to seek directions of collaborative research activities on the regulatory mechanisms of forest-tree life history. The forest ecosystem with huge biomass storage provides a variation of goods and services to human society. The key life form of tree is characterized by a set of physiological, allometric, demographic and reproductive traits. We focus on cross-biome similarity and differentiation of forest trees, over a wide array of research interests and approaches, from molecular-basis of regulation to community assembly.
Nine speakers presented latest research. The importance of cross-biome analysis to understand the responses of ecosystems to the global change was shared among participants. At the closed meeting on 3rd September, participants discussed about sharing of research methods, data and analysis and proposed future joint research plan.
Organizers: Takashi Kohyama, Yoshiko Iida, Akiko Satake, Hideaki Shibata, Tsutom Hiura, Toshihiko Hara and Takayoshi Koike (Hokkaido University) Supported by: Hokkaido University IFES-GCOE, Hokkaido University, GLP Sapporo Nodal Office
Opening Goal setting by organizers Session 1 Reproduction and Genetic Structure Yu Yun Chen (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan) Koichi Kamiya (Ehime University) Yuko Miyazaki (Okayama University) Session 2 Functional Traits and Demography I Fang Sun (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan) Masatoshi Katabuchi & Hiroko Kurokawa (Tohoku University) Hiroaki Ishii (Kobe University) Session 3 Community and Diversity Stuart Davies (Center for Tropical Forest Science, USA) Takashi Masaki (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute) Shawn Lum (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
