Publications

2025-04-03
Journal papers
  1. Seino, T. & Kobayashi, H. (2025) Dynamics of Betula ermanii (Betulaceae) patch in a cool-temperate broad-leaved secondary forest in central Japan. Chubu Forestry Research, 73, 32-36. (in press)

  2. Nakamura, M., Terada, C., Ito, K., Hiura, T., Shibata, H., Miki, T., Saitoh, T.M., Takagi, M., Hougen, T., Matsuzaki, S.S., Watanabe M., Tado, H., Hotta, N., Kosugi, Y., Aiko, N., Kojima, N., Katagiri, N., Kishimoto, K., Yoshida, T., Tsunoda, Y., Takamiya, T., Ito K., Utsumi, Y., Yoshikawa, T., Kenta, T., Oda, M., Agetsuma, N., Kawai, M., Fujita, T., Hishi, T., Shimada, H., Ichie T., Hoshizaki, K., Kobayashi, H., Seino, T., Noguchi. M., Nagamatsu, D., Saito, H., Tateno, R., Ishihara, M.I., Kitagawa, Y., HIsamoto, Y., Homma, K., Hirao, T., Otani, T., Toda, M., Terada, J., Kume, T., Fukuzawa, K., Takashima, A., Kurose, K., Fujii, S., Itoh, S., Ohta, T., Otsuki, K., Nagaike, T., Hasegawa, K., Makoto, K., Shirahata, M., Matsuki, S., Hatanaka, M., Suzuki, S.N., Muro, N., Yamato, T., Adachi, N., Kaneko, N. & Yamashita, T. (2025) Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan. Ecological Research, 40, 164-175. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.12506

  3. Ueno, K., Kusunoki, K., Namima, Y., Kako, Y., Kanai, R., Inami, A., Kenta, T. & Seino, T. (2024) Meteorological data archive monitoring snow cover and forest environment at Sugadaira and Yatsugatake field stations of the Mountain Science Center, central Japan. Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences, 20, 14-25. doi: 10.15068/0002013981

  4. Yoshikawa, T., Totsu, K., Takeuchi, Y., Kadoya, T., Enoki, T., Fujii, S., Fukamachi, A.S., Hirota, M., Hoshizaki, K., Iiyama, N., Ishikawa, Y., Itō, H., Kobayashi, H., Kohyama, T.S., Konno, Y., Makita, A., Mori, A.S., Nagamatsu, D., Nakashizuka, T., Namikawa, K., Noguchi, M., Sakimoto, M., Ozaki, Y., Seino, T., Sugita, H., Suzuki, J., Suzuki, R.O., Suzuki, S.N., Takahashi, K., Tateno, R., Watanabe, R., Yamashita, T., Yoshida, T., Ishihara, M.I., Kenta, T., Nakamura, M. & Hiura, T. (2024) Forest monitoring data of 45 plots across the Japanese archipelago during 1980–2021. Ecological Research, 39, 391-406. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.12457

  5. Seino, T. & Inami, A. (2023) Growth analysis of planted Picea maximowiczii (Pinaceae). Chubu Forestry Research, 71, 65-68. doi: 10.18999/chufr.71.65

  6. Nakamura, M., Terada, C., Ito, K., Matsui, K., Niwa, S., Ishihara, M., Kenta, T., Yoshikawa, T., Kadoya, T., Hiura, T., Muraoka, H., Ishida, K., Agetsuma, N., Nakamura, R., Sakio, H., Takagi, M., Mori, A.S., Kimura, M.K., Kurokawa, H., Enoki, T., Seino, T., Takashima, A., Kobayashi, H., Matsumoto, K., Takahashi, K., Tateno, R., Yoshida, T., Nakaji, T., Maki, M., Kobayashi, K., Fukuzawa, K., Hoshizaki, K., Ohta, K., Kobayashi, K., Hasegawa, M., Suzuki, S.N., Sakimoto, M., Kitagawa, Y., Sakai, A., Kondo, H., Ichie, T., Kageyama, K., Hieno, A., Kato, S., Otani, T., Utsumi, Y., Kume, T., Homma, K., Kishimoto, K., Masaka, K., Watanabe, K., Toda, M., Nagamatsu, D., Miyazaki, Y., Yamashita, T. & Tokuchi, N. (2022) Evaluating the soil microbe community-level physiological profile using EcoPlate and soil properties at 33 forest sites across Japan. Ecological Research, 37, 432-445. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.12293

  7. Oka, A., Takahashi, J., Endoh, Y. & Seino, T. (2021) Bark effects on stemflow chemistry in a Japanese temperate forest II. The role of bark anatomical features. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 657850. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.657850

  8. Oka, A., Takahashi, J., Endoh, Y. & Seino, T. (2021) Bark effects on stemflow chemistry in a Japanese temperate forest I. The role of bark surface morphology. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 654375. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.654375

  9. Khatancharoen, C., Tsuyuki, S., Bryanin, S., Sugiura, K., Seino, T., Lisovsky, V.V., Borisova, I.G. & Wada, N. (2021) Long-time interval satellite image analysis on forest cover changes and disturbances around protected area, Zeya State Nature Reserve, in the Russian Far East. Remote Sensing, 13, 1285. doi: 10.3390/rs13071285

  10. Suzuki, S.N., Ataka, M., Djukic, I., Enoki, T., Fukuzawa, K., Hirota, M., Hishi, T., Hiura, T., Hoshizaki, K., Ida, H., Iguchi, A., Iimura, Y., Ise, T., Kenta, T., Kina, Y., Kobayashi, H., Kominami, Y., Kurokawa, H., Makoto, K., Matsushita, M., Miyata, R., Muraoka, H., Nakaji, T., Nakamura, M., Niwa, S., Noh, N.J., Sato, T., Seino, T., Shibata, H., Suzuki, R.O., Takahashi, K., Tsunoda, T., Utsumi, T. & Watanabe, K. (2019) Harmonized data on early stage litter decomposition using tea bags material across Japan. Ecological Research, 34, 575-576. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.12032

  11. Seino, T. & Endoh, Y. (2019) Ecological positions of conifers on the stand structure of the temperate forest in central Japan. Chubu Forestry Research, 67, 25-28. doi: 10.18999/chufr.67.25

  12. Yoshida, T., Hasegawa, M., Ito, M.T., Kawaguchi, T., Seino, T., Chung, A.Y.C. & Kitayama, K. (2019) Initial litter decomposition on forest roads differs from that occurring inside the tropical rainforests in Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 31, 108-113. doi: 10.26525/jtfs2019.31.1.108113

  13. Seino, T. (2018) Stand structure and regeneration of a beech-dominated forest in the Kawakami Forest, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukuba, central Japan. Chubu Forestry Research, 66, 23-26. doi: 10.18999/chufr.66.23

  14. Aoyagi, R., Imai, N., Seino, T. & Kitayama, K. (2016) Soil nutrients and size-dependent tree dynamics of tropical lowland forests on volcanic and sedimentary substrates in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Tropics, 25, 43-52. doi: 10.3759/tropics.MS15-13

  15. Sawada, Y., Aiba, S., Seino, T. & Kitayama, K. (2016) Size structure, growth and regeneration of tropical conifers along a soil gradient related to altitude and geological substrates on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Plant and Soil, 403, 103-114. doi: 10.1007/s11104-015-2722-z

  16. Mori, A.S., Ota, A.T., Fujii, S., Seino, T., Kabeya, D., Okamoto, T., Ito, M.T., Kaneko, N. & Hasegawa, M. (2015) Concordance and discordance between taxonomic and functional homogenization: Responses of soil mite assemblages to forest conversion. Oecologia, 179, 527-535. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3342-2

  17. Aiba, S., Sawada, Y., Takyu, M., Seino, T., Kitayama, K. & Repin, R. (2015) Structure, floristics and diversity of tropical montane rain forests over ultramafic soils on Mount Kinabalu (Borneo) compared with those on non-ultramafic soils. Australian Journal of Botany, 63, 191-203. doi: 10.1071/BT14238

  18. Mori, A.S., Ota, A.T., Fujii, S., Seino, T., Kabeya, D., Okamoto, T., Ito, M.T., Kaneko, N. & Hasegawa, M. (2015) Biotic homogenization and differentiation of soil faunal communities in the production forest landscape: Taxonomic and functional perspectives. Oecologia, 177, 533-544. doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3111-7

  19. Ishihara, S. & Seino, T.* (2014) Age structure and development process of a secondary deciduous broadleaf forest in central Japan. Tsukuba Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 2, 9-18. (* corresponding author)

  20. Hasegawa, M., Ito, M.T., Yoshida, T., Seino, T., Chung, A.Y.C. & Kitayama, K. (2014) The effects of reduced-impact logging practices on soil animal communities in the Deramakot Forest Reserve in Borneo. Applied Soil Ecology, 83, 13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.07.008

  21. Imai, N., Seino, T., Aiba, S., Takyu, M., Titin, J. & Kitayama, K. (2012) Effects of selective logging on tree species diversity and composition of Bornean tropical rain forests at different spatial scales. Plant Ecology, 213, 1413-1424. doi: 10.1007/s11258-012-0100-y

  22. Shiodera, S., Atikah, T.D., Rahajoe, J.S., Apandi, I., Seino, T., Haraguchi, A., Hut, A.S. & Kohyama, T. (2012) Impact of peat-fire disturbance to forest structure in tropical peat forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Boreal Forest Research, 60, 59-62.

  23. Inami, A., Michikawa, M., Muranaka, T., Seino, T. & Nakamura, T. (2012) A new flora list of the Yatsugatake-Kawakami Forest, Agricultural and Forestry Research Center, University of Tsukuba. Bulletin of Tsukuba University Forests, 28, 47-96.

  24. Seino, T., Hirata, A., Bessho, N., Hayashi, Y., Koseki, R., Endoh, T., Takinami, A., Ueji, Y. & Nakamura, T. (2012) A new flora list of the Ikawa Forest, Agricultural and Forestry Research Center, University of Tsukuba: Ferns and fern allies. Bulletin of Tsukuba University Forests, 28, 97-100.

  25. Seino, T. (2011) Spatial distribution and growth in saplings of Kalopanax septemlobus (Araliaceae) related to conspecific adults. Japanese Journal of Forest Environment, 53, 73-78. doi: 10.18922/jjfe.53.2_73

  26. Seino, T., Hirata, A., Bessho, N., Hayashi, Y., Koseki, R., Endoh, T., Takinami, A., Ueji, Y. & Nakamura, T. (2011) A new flora list of the Ikawa Forest, Agricultural and Forestry Research Center, University of Tsukuba: Gymnospermae and Angiospermae. Bulletin of Tsukuba University Forests, 27, 87-108.

  27. Seino, T., Kitayama, K. & Lakim, M.B. (2007) Floristic composition and stand structure of the lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah Parks Nature Journal, 8, 63-82.

  28. Aiba, S., Hanya, G., Tsujino, R., Takyu, M., Seino, T., Kimura, K. & Kitayama, K. (2007) Comparative study of additive basal area of conifers in forest ecosystems along elevational gradients. Ecological Research, 22, 439-450. doi: 10.1007/s11284-007-0338-3

  29. Umeki, K., Seino, T., Lim, E. & Honjo, T. (2006) Patterns of shoot mortality in Betula platyphylla in northern Japan. Tree Physiology, 26, 623-632. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.5.623

  30. Takyu, M., Kubota, Y., Aiba, S., Seino, T. & Nishimura, T. (2005) Pattern of changes in species diversity, structure and dynamics of forest ecosystems along latitudinal gradients in East Asia. Ecological Research, 20, 287-296. doi: 10.1007/s11284-005-0044-y

  31. Seino, T., Okada, N. & Kitayama, K. (2005) Changes of wood anatomy linked to canopy height in a Hawaiian wet montane forest along a gradient of substrate age. Tropics, 14, 173-178. doi: 10.3759/tropics.14.173

  32. Takahashi, K., Seino, T. & Kohyama, T. (2005) Plastic changes of leaf mass per area and leaf nitrogen content in responses to canopy openings in saplings of eight deciduous broad-leaved tree species. Ecological Research, 20, 17-23. doi: 10.1007/s11284-004-0003-z

  33. 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. doi: 10.1139/x03-058

  34. Miyamoto, K., Suzuki, E., Kohyama, T., Seino, T., Mirmanto, E. & Simbolon, H. (2003) Habitat differentiation among tree species with small-scale variation of humus depth and topography in a tropical heath forest of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 19, 43-54. doi: 10.1017/S0266467403003067

  35. Takahashi, K., Seino, T. & Kohyama, T. (2001) Responses to canopy openings in architectural development of saplings in eight deciduous broad-leaved tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 31, 1336-1347. doi: 10.1139/x01-069

  36. Seino, T. (2001) Differences in architecture and shoot growth during stagnant and extension growth phases of Acanthopanax sciadophylloides(Araliaceae). Annals of Botany, 87, 347-354. doi: 10.1006/anbo.2000.1345

  37. Takahashi, K., Yoshida, K., Suzuki, M., Seino, T., Tani, T., Tashiro, N., Ishii, T., Sugata, S., Fujito, E., Naniwa, A., Hiura, T., Kudo, G. & Kohyama, T. (1999) Stand biomass, net production and canopy structure in a secondary deciduous broad-leaved forest, northern Japan. Research Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Forests, 56, 70-85.

  38. Seino, T. (1998) Intermittent shoot growth in saplings of Acanthopanax sciadophylloides(Araliaceae). Annals of Botany, 81, 535-543. doi: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0588

Books
  1. Shiodera, S., Atikah, T.D., Apandi, I., Seino, T., Haraguchi, A., Rahajoe, J.S. & Kohyama, T.S. (2016) Peat-fire impact on forest structure in peatland of Central Kalimantan. In: Osaki, M & Tsuji, N. eds. Tropical Peatland Ecosystems. pp. 197-212. Springer, Tokyo. doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-55681-7_12

  2. Imai, N., Seino, T., Aiba, S., Takyu, M., Titin, J. & Kitayama, K. (2013) Management effects on tree species diversity and Dipterocarp regeneration. In: Kitayama, K. eds. Co-benefits of Sustainable Forestry: Ecological Studies of a Certified Bornean Rain Forest. pp. 41-61. Springer, Tokyo. doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-54141-7_3

  3. Takahashi, K., Kobori, H. & Seino, T. (2011) Effects of temperature and light conditions on growth of current-year seedlings of warm-temperate evergreen tree species and cool-temperate deciduous tree species. In: Casalegno, S., eds. Global Warming Impacts - Case Studies on the Economy, Human Health, and on Urban and Natural Environments. pp. 175-192. InTech, Rijeka. doi: 10.5772/24249

  4. Kitayama, K., Aiba, S., Ushio, M., Seino, T. & Fujiki, Y. (2011) The ecology of podocarps in tropical montane forests of Borneo: distribution, population dynamics, and soil nutrient acquisition. In: Turner, B.L. & Cernusak, L.A., eds. Ecology of the Podocarpaceae in Tropical Forests. pp. 101-117. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, No. 95. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.5479/si.0081024X.95.101

  5. Kohyama, T., Suzuki, E., Aiba, S. & Seino, T. (1999) Functional differentiation and positive feedback enhancing plant biodiversity. In: Kato, M., eds. The Biology of Biodiversity. pp. 179-191. Springer, Tokyo. doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-65930-3_12

Proceedings
  1. Tran, T.D., Seino, T., Kusumoto, S. & Wada, N. (2018) Evaluation of photogrammetric accuracy by UAV for estimation on tree biomass in a coniferous forest: A case study on a planted forest of larch in Japan. Вопросы геологии и комплексного освоения природных ресурсов Восточной Азии: Пятая Всероссийская научная конференция с международным участием (Issues of Geology and Integrated Natural Resources Development in East Asia: Fifth All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation) pp. 48-51.

  2. Sugiura, K., Majima, R., Wada, N., Seino, T., Bryanin, S.V. & Lisovsky, V.V. (2018) Ground-based rainfall ｍeasurements in the mountainous non-electric source area in 2017: A step towards verification of rainfall variations in the Tukuringra mountains, Amur Oblast, Russia. Вопросы геологии и комплексного освоения природных ресурсов Восточной Азии: Пятая Всероссийская научная конференция с международным участием (Issues of Geology and Integrated Natural Resources Development in East Asia: Fifth All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation). pp. 44-47.

  3. Seino, T. (2016) Species composition and stand structure in coniferous forests in northern Japan related to soil substrate. Четвертая Всероссийская научная конференция Вопросы геологии и комплексного освоения природных ресурсов Восточной Азии (Fourth All-Russian Scientific Conference on Geology and Integrated Development of Natural Resources in East Asia). pp. 53-54.

  4. Haraguchi, A. & Seino, T. (2013) Carbon storage of a peat swamp forest after fire and land use change -a case study of 16-year (1997-2013) change in the Lahei District, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Proceedings of International Symposium on Wild fire and carbon management in peat-forest in Indonesia. pp. 171-174.

  5. Shiodera, S., Atikah, T.D., Apandi, I., Seino, T., Haraguchi, A., Rahajoe, J.S., Yabe, K. & Kohyama, T.S. (2013) Integration of response and recovery processes of peat forests to human-induced disturbance into terrestrial ecosystem management. Proceedings of International Symposium on Wild fire and carbon management in peat-forest in Indonesia. pp. 71-75.

  6. Atika, T.D., Apandi, I., Shiodera, S., Seino, T. & Kohyama, T. (2011) Peat swamp forest after forest fire in Hampagen, central Kalimantan: structure, species composition and recovery. Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Wild fire and carbon management in peat-forest in Indonesia. pp. 252-255.

  7. Umeki, K., Sumida, A., Seino, T. , Lim, E., & Honjo, T. (2006) Fitting the truncated bivariate normal distribution to the relationship between diameter and length of current-year shoots in Betula platyphylla in Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Proceedings of Second International Symposium on Plant growth modeling, simulation, visualization and applications. pp. 55-60. doi: 10.1109/PMA.2006.15

  8. Hasegawa, M., Ito, M.T., Kitayama, K., Seino, T. & Chung, A.Y. (2006) Logging effects on soil fauna in rain forests of Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia. Proceedings of Second Workshop on Synergy between carbon management and biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests. pp. 53-60.

  9. Seino, T., Takyu, M., Aiba, S., Kitayama, K. & Ong, R.C. (2006) Floristic composition, stand structure, and above-ground biomass of the tropical rain forest of Deramakot and Tangkulap Forest Reserve in Malaysia under different forest managements. Proceedings of Second Workshop on Synergy between carbon management and biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests. pp. 29-52.

  10. Kitayama, K., Nakazono, E., Seino, T., Matsubayashi, H., Gobilik, J. & Ong, R.C. (2006) Landscape-level evaluation of carbon and biodiversity in the tropical rain forests of Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia. Proceedings of Second Workshop on Synergy between carbon management and biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests. pp.13-28.
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