Associate Professor, Graduate School of Horticulture
Chiba University, Japan
Phone/Fax:+81-47-308-8960
E-mail:umeki@faculty.chiba-u.jp
Date of birth: 21 January 1964
Academic degrees:
ph.D., Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, March 1995
M.S., Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, March 1989
B.S., Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, March 1987
Professional experience:
April 1, 2007 - present, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University
Nov. 1, 2003 - March 31, 2007, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University
April 1, 2002 - Oct. 31, 2003, Section Leader, Silviculture Section, Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute
April 1, 2000 n March 31, 2002, Researcher, Dohoku Branch Station, Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute
July 1, 1992 n March 31, 2000, Researcher, Silviculture Section, Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute
Academic soccieties:
Member, Ecological Society of Japan
Member, Japanese Forestry Society
Member, Botanical Society of Japan
Member, British Ecological Society
Publications:
Ohno, Y., Umeki, K., Watanabe, I., Takiya, M., Terazawa, K., Hara, H., Matsuki, S. (2008) Variation in shoot mortality within crowns of severely defoliated Betula maximowicziana trees in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Ecological Research 23:355-362.
Takiya, M., Umeki, K., Kikuzawa, K., Higashiura, Y. (2006) Effect of leaf biomass and phenological structure of the canopy on plot growth in a@deciduous hardwood forest in northern Japan. Annals of Forest Science 63:725-732.
Lim, E.-M., Honjo, T., Umeki, K. (2006) The validity of VRML images as a stimulus for landscape assessment. Landscape and Urban Planning 77:80-93.
Umeki, K., Seino, T., Lim, E.-M., Honjo, T. (2006) Patterns of shoot mortality in Betula platyphylla in northern Japan. Tree Physiology 26:623-632.
Kikuzawa, K., Shirakawa, H., Suzuki, M., Umeki, K. (2004) Mean labor time of a leaf. Ecological Research 19:365-374.
Umeki, K., Seino, T. (2003) Growth of first-order branches in Betula platyphylla saplings as related with the age, position, size, angle, and light availability of branches. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:1276-1286.
Kikuzawa, K., Suzuki, S., Umeki, K., Kitayama, K. (2002) Herbivorous impacts on tropical mountain forests implied by fecal pellet production. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 5:131-142.
Umeki, K. (2002) Tree mortality of five major species on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan. Ecological Research 17:575-589.
Umeki, K. (2001) Growth characteristics of six tree species on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan. Ecological Research 16:435-450.
Umeki, K., Kikuzawa, K. (2000) Patterns in individual growth, branch population dynamics, and growth and mortality of first-order branches of Betula platyphylla in northern Japan. Annals of Forest Science. 57:587-598.
Hanba, Y.T., Noma, N., Umeki, K. (2000) Relationship between leaf characteristics, tree sizes, and species distribution along a slope in a warm temperate forest. Ecological Research 15:393-404.
Umeki, K., Kikuzawa, K. (1999) Long-term growth dynamics of natural forests on Hokkaido, northern Japan. Journal of Vegetation Science 10:815-824.
Abrams, M.D., Copenheaver, C.A., Terazawa, K., Umeki, K., Takiya, M., Akashi, N. (1999) A 370-year dendroecological history of an old-growth Abies-Acer-Quercus forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29:1891-1899.
Sakai, S., Kikuzawa, K., Umeki, K. (1998) Evolutionarily stable resource allocation for production of wind-dispersed seeds. Evolutionary Ecology 12:477-485.
Umeki, K. (1997) Effect of crown asymmetry on size-structure dynamics of plant populations. Annals of Botany 79:631-641.
Kikuzawa, K., Umeki, K. (1996) Effect of canopy structure on degree of asymmetry of competition in two forest stands in northern Japan. Annals of Botany 77:565-571.
Kikuzawa, K., Koyama, H., Umeki, K., Lechowicz, M.J. (1996) Some evidence for an adaptive linkage between leaf phenology and shoot architecture in sapling trees. Functional Ecology 10:252-257.
Umeki, K. (1995) Importance of crown position and morphological plasticity in competitive interaction in a population of Xanthium canadense. Annals of Botany 75:259-265.
Umeki, K. (1995) Modeling the relationship between the asymmetry in crown display and local environment. Ecological Modelling 82:11-20.
Umeki, K. (1995) A comparison of crown asymmetry between Picea abies and Betula maximowicziana. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25:1876-1880.