KANZAKI, Mamoru

Division：Faculty Gruduate School of Agriculture Associate　Professor
Main Research:Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
Project Title：Evaluation and the long-term monitoring of tropical forests of Southeast Asia

Research Theme：　
 

1. Species richness and long-term monitoring of forest dynamics
2. Regional comparison of tropical secondary forests of Southeast Asia
3. Sustainability of selective logging system in natural teak forests

References：　
 

• Sri-Ngernyuang K., K. Chai-udom, _M. Kanzaki_, T. Ohkubo, & T. Yamakura. 2003. Survival and germination of an experimental seed bank population of two species of Lauraceae in a tropical montane forest in Thailand. /Journal of //Forest// Research/ 8:311-316.
• _Kanzaki M_, M. Hara, T. Yamakura, M. N. Tamura, T. Ohkubo,K. Sri-ngernyuang, P. Sahunalu. S. Teejuntuk, & S. Bunyavejchewin. 2004. Doi Inthanon Forest Dynamic Plot, Thailand. In E. C. Losos, R. Condit, J. V. LaFrankie and E. G. Leigh, Eds. Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Network of Large-Scale Forest Dynamics Plots, pp474-481. Chicago University Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2007 G-COE Research Outcome
 

• Ayako Sakaki, Shinya Takeda, Mamoru Kanzaki, Seiichi Ohta and Pornchai Preechapanya 2007 Population dynamics and land-use changes in a Miang (Chewing Tea) village, Northern Thailand. Tropics 16(2):75-85.
• Noguchi H., Itoh A., Mizuno T., Sri-ngernyuang K., Kanzaki M., Teejuntuk S., Sungpalee W., Hara M., Ohkubo T., Sahunalu P., Dhanmanonda P., and Yamakura T. 2007 Habitat divergence in sympatric Fagaceae tree species of a tropical montane forest in northern Thailand. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:549-558.
• Hla Maung Thein, M. Kanzaki, M. Fukushima, Yazar Minn. 2007 . Structure and composition of a teak-bearing forest under the Myanmar selection system: impacts of logging and bamboo flowering. Southeast Asian Studies 45(3):303-316.
• Fukushima M., M. Kanzaki, Hla Maung Thein, Yazar Minn. 2007. Recovery process of fallow vegetation in the traditional Karen swidden cultivation system in the Bago mountain range, Myanmar. Southeast Asian Studies 45(3):317-333.

List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
 

2008 G-COE Research Outcome:

• Fukushima, Maki, Mamoru Kanzaki, Masatoshi Hara, Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Pornchai Preechapanya, Chalathon Choocharoen. 2008. Secondary forest succession after the cessation of swidden cultivation in the montane forest area in Northern Thailand. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1994–2006
• Yoko Naito, Mamoru Kanzaki, Shinya Numata, Kyoko Obayashi, Akihiro Konuma, Sen Nishimura, Seiichi Ohta, Yoshihiko Tsumura, Toshinori Okuda, Soon Leong Lee, Norwati Muhammad. 2008. Size-related flowering and fecundity in the tropical canopy tree species, Shorea acuminate (Dipterocarpaceae) during two consecutive general flowerings. Journal of Plant Research 121:33-42.
• Naito, Yoko, Mamoru Kanzaki, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Kyoko Obayashi, Soon Leong Lee, Norwati Muhammad, Toshinori Okuda, Yoshihiko Tsumura. 2008. Density-dependent selfing and its effects on seed performance in a tropical canopy tree species, Shorea acuminata (Dipterocarpaceae). Forest Ecology and Management 256 (2008) 375–383.
• Nishimura, Sen, Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Shinji Fujii, Erizal Mukhtar, and Mamoru Kanzaki. 2008. Spatial patterns and habitat associations of Fagaceae in a hill dipterocarp forest in UluGadut, West Sumatra. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:535-550.
• Ito, E., M. Araki, B. Tith, S. Pol, C. Trotter, M. Kanzaki, S. Ohta. 2008. Leaf-shedding phenology in lowland tropical seasonal forests of Cambodia as estimated from NOAA satellite images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 46(10):2867-2871.

List of Academic Presentations during 2008:
 

• Kanzaki M, Fukushima M, Wakita C, Hara M, Tani A, Ito E, Ikeda K, Murata H, Sasaki A, Sri-ngernyuang K, Sahunalu P, Wachrinrat C, Preechapanya P, Hla Maung Thein, Jiyana, Agus Wicaksono, Kiyono Y. Geographical and Ecological Interpretation of the distribution of Schima wallichii: Is it invading the Lowland of Humid Tropics? Towards sustainable land-use in Tropical Asia. April 23th-26th, 2008, Kuching，Malaysia
• Mamoru Kanzaki, Hla Maung Thein, Min Than Zin, Maki Fukushima, Kunihiko Ikeda. Examine the sustainability of teak selective logging in a mixed deciduous forest with bamboo: the difficulties of the management of mixed forest. 6th Workshop of Uneven-aged silviculture IUFRO Group in Shizuoka“Feasibility of Silviculture for Complex Stand Structures –Designing stand structures for sustainability and multiple objectives-．October 24th -27th, Shizuoka, 2008
• Mamoru Kanzaki, Hideyuki Kawaguchi, Shoko Kiyohara, Tsuguaki Kajiwara, Takayuki Kaneko, Seiichi Ohta, Witchaphart Sungpalee, Chongrak Wachrinrat．Long-term study on the carbon storage and dynamics in a tropical seasonal evergreen forest of Thailand．FORTROP II．“Tropical Forestry Change in a Changing World” 17th to 20th, November, Bangkok, Thiland,

2009 G-COE Research Outcome:

• Sungpalee, Witchaphart, Akira Itoh, Mamoru Kanzaki, Kriangsak Sri-ngernyuang, Hideyuki Noguchi, Takashi Mizuno, Sakhan Teejuntuk, Masatoshi Hara, Kwanchai Chai-udom, Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Pongsak Sahunalu, Pricha Dhanmanonda, Satoshi Nanami, Takuo Yamakura, Anan Sorn-ngai. 2009. Intra- and interspecific variation in wood density and fine-scale spatial distribution of stand-level wood density in a northern Thai tropical montane forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25:359-370.
• Murata, Naoki, Seiichi Ohta, Atsushi Ishida, Mamoru Kanzaki, Chongrak Wachirinrat. Taksin Artchawakom, Hiroyuki Sase. 2009. Comparison of soil depths between evergreen and deciduous forests as a determinant of their distribution, Northeast Thailand. Journal of Forest Research 14:212–220.
• Kanzaki, M., Kawaguchi, H., Enoki, T., Inagaki, Y., Kiyohara, S.,Kajiwara, T., Kaneko, T., Ohta, S., Sungpalee, W., Kagotani, Y., Kawasaki, T., Meunpong, P., and Wachrinrat C., 2009. Long-term study on the carbon storage and dynamics in a tropical seasonal evergreenforest of Thailand. In Puangchit L. and Diloksumpun S. (eds.) Tropical Forestry Change in aChanging World Volume 2: Tropical Forests and Climate Change. Pp.35-51. Kasetsart University Faculty of Forestry, Bangkok.
• Zuidema, Pieter A., Toshihiro Yamada, Heinjo J. During, Akira Itoh, Takuo Yamakura, Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Mamoru Kanzaki, Sylvester Tan and Peter S. Ashton. 2010. Recruitment subsidies support tree subpopulations in non-preferred tropical forest habitats. Journal of Ecology 98(3):636-644.
• Yonekura, Yusuke, Seiichi Ohta, Yoshiyuki Kiyono, Darul Aksa, Kauhito Morisada, Nagaharu Tanaka, Mamoru Kanzaki. 2009. Changes in soil carbon stock after deforestation and subsequent establishment of “Imperata” grassland in the Asian humid tropics. Plant and Soil 329:495-507.

List of Academic Presentations during 2009:

• KANZAKI Mamoru, ANDO Naho1, AKIYAMA Hiroyuki, HARA Masatoshi, OHKUBO Tatsuhiro, Prachaya SRISANGA, Piyakaset SUKSATHAN, Kriangsak SRI-NGERNYUANG. Inventory and habitat analysis of epiphytic plants in the canopy of a tropical montane forest of Thailand. International Workshop on Forest Watershed 2009. Cambodian,Phnom Penh, Forestry and Wildlife Training Center. November 9,2009

2010  Research Outcome:

• Naoyuki Yamashita, Seiichi Ohta, Hiroyuki Sase, Jesada Luangjame, Thiti Visaratana, Bopit Kievuttinon, Hathairatana Garivait, Mamoru Kanzaki. 2010. Seasonal and spatial variation of nitrogen dynamics in the litter and surface soil layers on a tropical dry evergreen forest slope Forest Ecology and Management 259:1502-1512.
• Sen Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Shinji Fujii, Erizal Mukhtar, Mamoru Kanzaki, and Seiichi Ohta. 2011. Sprouting traits of Fagaceae species in a hill dipterocarp forest, Ulu Gadut, West Sumatra. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 107-110.

List of Academic Presentations during 2010: 

• Akiyama, Hiroyuki・Ando，Naho・Kanzaki, Mamoru Habitat differentiation in bryophytes; two examples from Doi Inthanon (Thailand) and Isl. Yakushima (Japan) 8th International Symposium of Flora Malesiana, 27 August 2010 Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
• Kanzaki， Mamoru Diversity and habitat differentiation of canopy plants in a tropical montane forest of Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand, The 4th East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies International Congress, 16 September 2010, Sangju Campus, Kyungbuk National University, Korea

2011 G-COE Research Outcome:

• Sen Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Shinji Fujii, Erizal Mukhtar, Mamoru Kanzaki, and Seiichi Ohta. 2011. Sprouting traits of Fagaceae species in a hill dipterocarp forest, Ulu Gadut, West Sumatra. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 107-110.
• Akihiro Tani, Eriko Ito, Masahiro Tsujino, Makoto Araki and Mamoru Kanzaki 2011. Threshold determination by reference to open sky overcomes photographic exposure error in indirect leaf area index estimation. Jpn J For Environ 53 (2), 41–52.
• Hiroyuki Akiyama, Tatsuwo Furuki, Kriangsak Sri-ngernyuang and Mamoru Kanzaki. 2011. Alphabetical list of bryophytes occurring in a 15 ha long-term monitoring plot at Doi Inthanon, Northern Thailand. Bryological Research 10(6): 153-164.
• Kanzaki, M., Fukushima M., Wakita C., Hara M., Tani A., Ito E., Ikeda K., Murata H., Sasaki A., Sri-ngernyuang K., Sahunalu P., Wachrinrat C., Preechapanya P., Hla Maung Thein, Jiyana Agus Wicaksono, Kiyono Y. 2011. Geographical and Ecological Interpretation of the Bamboo Type Fallow Forest in Southeast Asia. In Abstracts: International Workshop on Bamboo Cultivation and Utilization. January 15-17, 2012. Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University. Printed by Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University.

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