Makita N, Fukuzawa K, Dannoura M, Hirano Y. Recent advances in the understanding of the development and functions of roots in forest ecosystems. Journal of Forest Research. 30: 143-145. 2025
Masumoto T, Hashimoto Y, Ito T, Takahashi K, Makita N. Pressure-volume curves of fine roots reveal intraspecific variation across different elevations in a subalpine forest. Journal of Plant Research. 138: 419-432. 2025
Chen J, Cao J, Guo B, Han M, Feng Z, Tang J, Mo X, Wang J, Yang Q, Pei Y, Kuzyakov Y, Ding J, Makita N, Yang X, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Kong D. Increased dependence on mycorrhizal fungi for nutrient acquisition under carbon limitation by tree girdling. Plant Diversity 47: 466-478. 2025.
Ohashi M, Makita N, Dannoura M, Fukuzawa K, Hirano Y. Mission Impossible? Criteria for judging dead fine roots in forest field studies. Journal of Forest Research. 30: 156-164. 2025
Sakashita R, Hosoi S, Asakura C, Makita N. Different patterns of fine-root exudation rates along soil depth of Pinus densiflora, Chamaecyparis obtusa, and Cryptomeria japonica in coniferous forests. Rhizosphere. 31: 100946
Takeda S, Makita N, Takahashi K. Seasonal and diurnal variations in soil respiration rates at a treeline ecotone and a lower distribution limit of subalpine forests. Journal of Plant Research. 137: 179-190. 2024
Azuma AW*, Kamakura M*, Yahara H, Takahashi K, Makita N. Differences in photosynthetic and water use characteristics of four co-existing tree species at the treeline of the Japanese Alps. Journal of Forest Research. 29: 46-53. 2024 *equal contribution
Sugai T, Ishizuka W, Masumoto T, Endo I, Ide J, Fujita S, Makoto K, Makita N. Spring growth variation in pioneer and fibrous roots in Abies sachalinensis seedlings from provenances with contrasting snow cover environments. International Journal of Plant Science. 185: 187-197. 2024
Takahashi K, Takeda S, Majiima R, Makita N. Five-year measurement data along a 1200 m elevational gradient reveals that global warming increases soil respiration. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6: 1145474. 2023
Nakaji T, Makita N, Katayama A, Oguma H. Belowground spectroscopy —Novel spectral approach for estimation of vertical and species-specific variations of forest soil characteristics and heterotrophic respiration. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 339: 109563. 2023
Hashimoto Y, Makita N, Dannoura M, Wang S, Takahashi K. The composition of non-structural carbohydrates affects the respiration and morphology of tree fine roots in Japan Alps. Rhizosphere, 100705. 2023
Hayashi R, Maie N, Wagai R, Hirano Y, Matsuda Y, Makita N, Mizoguchi T,Wada R, Tanikawa T. An increase of fine‑root biomass in nutrient‑poor soils increases soil organic matter but not soil cation exchange capacity. Plant and Soil. 482: 89–110. 2023
Ito T, Oda-Tanaka A, Akatsuki M, Masumoto T, Makita N. Different relationships of fine root traits with root ammonium and nitrate uptake rates in conifer forests. Journal of Forest Research. 28: 25-32. 2023
増本泰河，矢原ひかり，且原真木，牧田直樹．ルートプレッシャーチャンバー法を用いた樹木細根系の水透過性の測定:野外条件下で測るために．Root Research 31(3):105-114. 2022
Tamura A, Oguma H, Fujimoto R, Kuribayashi M, Makita N. Phenology of fine root and shoot using high frequency temporal resolution images in a temperate larch forest. Rhizosphere. 22: 100541, 2022.
Masumoto T, Ito T, Akatsuki M, Makita N. Fine root hydraulic conductivity relates to root functional traits in four coniferous species. Rhizosphere. 21: 100489, 2022.
Makita N, Fujimoto R, Tamura A. The contribution of roots, mycorrhizal hyphae, and soil free-living microbes to soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity in a Larch forest. Forests. 12:1410. 2021
Katayama A, Endo I, Makita N, Matsumoto K, Kume T, Ohashi M. Vertical variation in mass and CO2 efflux of litter from the ground to the 40-m high canopy in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 311: 108659. 2021
Fujii K, Makita N, Kamara M, Küttim M, Sugita S. Plasticity of pine tree roots to podzolization of boreal sandy soils. Plant and Soil. 464: 209–222 . 2021
Ding Y, Leppälammi-Kujansuu J, Salemaa M, Schiestl-Aalto P, Kulmala L, Ukonmaanaho L, Nöjd P, Minkkinen K, Makita N, Železnik P, Merilä P, Helmisaari HS. Distinct patterns of below- and aboveground growth phenology and litter carbon inputs along a boreal site type gradient. Forest Ecology and Management. 489: 119081. 2021
Endo I*, Kobatake M*, Tanikawa N, Nakaji T, Ohashi M, Makita N. Anatomical patterns of condensed tannin in fine roots of tree species from a cool-temperate forest. Annals of Botany 128: 59–71. 2021 *equal contribution
Repo T, Domisch T, Roitto M, Kilpeläinen J, Wang AF, Piirainen S, Heiskanen J, Makita N, Lehto T, Sutinen S. Dynamics of above- and belowground responses of silver birch saplings and soil gases to soil freezing and waterlogging during dormancy. Tree Physiology 41:1143-1160.2021
Tsuruta K, Yamamoto H, Kosugi Y, Makita N, Katsuyama M, Kosugi K, Tani M. Slope position and water use by trees in a headwater catchment dominated by Japanese cypress: Implications for catchment-scale transpiration estimates. Ecohydrology. 13: e2245. 2020
ZhuaT, Zhua X, Pumpanenc J, Palviainenb M, Zhou X, Kulmala L, Bruckmane V, Köster E, Köster K, Aaltonen H, Makita N, Wang Y, Berninger F. Short term effects of biochar on soil CO2 efflux in boreal Scots pine forests. Annals of Forest Science. 77: number59. 2020
Akatsuki M, Makita N. Influence of fine root traits on in situ exudation rates in four conifers from different mycorrhizal associations. Tree Physiology. 40: 1071–1079. 2020
Ide J, Ohashi M, Köster K, Berninger F, Miura I, Makita N, Yamase K, Palviainen M, Pumpanen J. Molecular composition of soil dissolved organic matter in recently-burned and long-unburned boreal forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 29: 541-547. 2020
Ding Y, Schiestl-Aalto P, Helmisaari HS, Makita N, Ryhti K, Kulmala L. Temperature and moisture dependence of daily elongation Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) roots in Southern Finland. Tree Physiology 40: 272–283. 2020
Tanikawa N, Nakaji T, Yahara H, Makita N. 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. 2019
Yahara H, Tanikawa N, Okamoto M, Makita N. Characterizing fine-root traits by species phylogeny and microbial symbiosis in eleven co-existing woody species. Oecologia 191: 983-993. 2019
Endo I, Kume T, Kho LK, Katayama A, Makita N, Ikeno H, Ide J, Ohashi M. Spatial and temporal patterns of root dynamics in a Bornean tropical rainforest monitored using the root scanner method. Plant and Soil. 443: 323–335. 2019
牧田 直樹．野外研究サイトから:ヴァリオ亜北極研究ステーション（フィンランド）．日本生態学会誌．69: 57-61. 2019
Ide J. Makita N, Jeong S, Yamase K, Ohashi M. The contribution of coniferous canopy to the molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter in rainfall. Water 11(1), 167. 2019
Ohashi M, Makita N, Katayama A, Kume T, Matsumoto K, Kumagai T, Endo I, Kho LK. Characteristics of root decomposition based on in situ experiments in a tropical rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia: impacts of root diameter and soil biota. Plant and Soil. 436:439–448. 2019
Katayama A, Kho LK, Makita N, Kume T, Matsumoto K, Ohashi M. Estimating fine root production from ingrowth cores and decomposed roots in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Forests 10(1), 36 . 2019
Kume T, Ohashi M, Makita N, Kho LK, Katayama A, Endo I, Matsumoto K, Ikeno H. Image analysis procedure for the optical scanning of fine-root dynamics: Errors depending on the observer and root-viewing window size. Tree Physiology 38: 1927–1938 . 2018
Tsuruta J, Okumura M, Makita N, Kosugi Y, Miyama T, Kume T, Tohno S. A comparison of the biogenic volatile organic compound emissions from the fine roots of 15 tree species in Japan and Taiwan. Journal of Forest Research, 23. 242-251 . 2018
Makita N, Kosugi Y, Sakabe A, Kanazawa A, Ohkubo S, Tani M. Seasonal and diurnal patterns of soil respiration in an evergreen coniferous forest: Evidence from six years of observation with automatic chambers. PLoS ONE 13: e0192622, 2018
Palviainen M, Berninger F, Bruckman V, Köster K, Assumpção MCR, Aaltonen H, Makita N, Mishra A, Kulmala L, Adamczyk B, Zhou X, Heinonsalo J, Köster E, Pumpanen J. Effects of biochar on carbon and nitrogen fluxes in boreal forest soil. Plant and Soil. 425: 71-85. 2018
Miyatani K, Tanikawa T, Makita N, Hirano Y. Relationships between specific root length and respiration rate of fine roots across stands and seasons in Chamaecyparis obtusa. Plant and Soil. 423:215-227. 2018
Ueyama M, Tahara N, Nagano H, Makita N, Iwata H, Harazono Y. Leaf- and ecosystem-scale photosynthetic parameters for the overstory and understory of boreal forests in interior Alaska. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 74: 79-86. 2018
Freschet GT, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Tucker CM, Craine JM, McCormack ML, Violle C, Fort F, Blackwood CB, Urban-Mead KRU, Iversen CM, Bonis A, Comas LH, Cornelissen JHC, Dong M, Guo D, Hobbie SE, Holdaway RJ, Kembel SW, Makita N, Onipchenko VG, Picon-Cochard C, Reich PB, De la Riva EG, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Tjoelker M, Wardle DA, Roumet C. Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation. Journal of Ecology. 105:1182–1196. 2017
Hirano Y, Tanikawa T, Makita N. Biomass and morphology of fine roots in eight Cryptomeria japonica stands in soils with different acid-buffering capacities. Forest Ecology and Management. 384: 122–131. 2017
Makita N, Pumpanen J, Köster K, Berninger F. Changes in very fine root respiration and morphology with time since last fire in a boreal forest. Plant and Soil. 402:303-316. 2016
Fujii S., Makita N., Mori AS., Takeda H. Plant species control and soil faunal involvement in the processes of above- and below-ground litter decomposition. Oikos 125: 883–892. 2016
Ohashi M, Nakano A, Hirano Y, Noguchi K, Ikeno H, Fukae R, Yamase K, Makita N, Finér L. Applicability of the net sheet method for estimating fine root production in forest ecosystems. Trees -Structure and Function- 30: 571-578. 2016
Miyatani K., Mizusawa Y., Okada K., Tanikawa T., Makita N., Hirano Y. Fine root traits in Chamaecyparis obtusa forest soils with different acid buffering capacities. Trees - Structure and Function - 30: 415-429. 2016
Fujii S., Makita N., Mori AS., Takeda H. A stronger coordination of litter decomposability between leaves and fine roots for woody species in a warmer region. Trees -Structure and Function- 30: 395-404. 2016
Makita N., Hirano Y., SugimotoT., Tanikawa T., Ishii H. Intraspecific variation in fine root respiration and morphology in response to in situ soil nitrogen fertility in a 100-year-old Chamaecyparis obtusa forest. Oecologia 179: 959-967. 2015.
Makita N., Fujii S. Tree species effects on microbial respiration from decomposing leaf and fine root litter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 88: 39-47. 2015
Makita N., Kawamura A. Osawa A. Size-dependent morphological and chemical property of fine root litter decomposition. Plant and Soil 393:283-295. 2015
Sakabe A., Kosugi Y., Takahashi K., Itoh M., Kanazawa A., Makita N., Ataka M. One year of continuous measurements of soil CH4 and CO2 fluxes in a Japanese cypress forest: temporal and spatial variations associated with Asian monsoon rainfall. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 120: 585–599. 2015
Makita N., Kawamura A. Temperature sensitivity of microbial respiration of fine root litter in a temperate broad-leaved forest. PLoS ONE 10 (2): e0117694, 2015
Makita N., Kosugi Y., Kamakura M. Linkages between diurnal patterns of root respiration and leaf photosynthesis in Quercus crispula and Fagus crenata seedlings. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 70: 151-162. 2014
Kawamura A., Makita N., Osawa A. Response of microbial respiration from fine root litter decomposition to root water content in a temperate broad-leaved forest. Plant Root 7: 77-82. 2013
Makita N.*, Yaku R.*, Ohashi M., Fukuda K., Ikeno H., Hirano Y. Effect of excising and washing treatments on the root respiration rates of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) seedlings. Journal of Forest Research 18:379–383. 2013 *equal contribution
Makita N., Hirano Y., Yamanaka T., Yoshimura K., Kosugi Y. Ectomycorrhizal fungal colonization induces physio-morphological changes in Quercus serrata leaves and roots. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 175: 900-906. 2012
Hirano Y., Yamamoto R., Dannoura M., Aono K., Igarashi T., Ishii M., Yamase K., Makita N., Kanazawa Y. Detection frequency of Pinus thunbergii roots with ground-penetrating radar is related to root biomass. Plant and Soil 360: 363-373. 2012
Makita N., Kosugi Y., Dannoura M., Takanashi S.,Niiyama K., Kassim A., Nik AR. Patterns of root respiration rates and morphological traits in 13 tree species in a tropical forest. Tree Physiology 32: 303-312. 2012
Nakano A., Ikeno H., Kimura T., Sakamoto H., Dannoura M., Hirano Y.,Makita N., Finér L., Ohashi M. Automated analysis of fine-root dynamics using a series of digital images. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 175: 775–783. 2012
Dannoura M, Kominami Y., Makita N., Oguma H. Flat optical scanner method and root dynamics. In: Mancuso S , ed, Measuring roots: an updated approach. New York: Springer, pp 127–133. 2012
Kominami Y., Jomura M., Ataka M., Tamai K., Miyama T., Dannoura M., Makita N., Yoshimura K. Heterotrophic respiration causes seasonal hysteresis in soil respiration in a warm-temperate forest. Journal of Forest Research 17: 296-304. 2012.
Makita N., Hirano Y., Mizoguchi T., Kominami Y., Dannoura M., Ishii H., Finér L., Kanazawa Y. Very fine roots respond to soil depth: biomass allocation, morphology, and physiology in a broad-leaved temperate forest. Ecological Research 26: 95-104. 2011.
Miyama T., Yoshimura K., Kominami Y., Okumura T., Ataka M., Makita N., Salleles J. CH4 emissions from litter-covered sandbars and the edge of a mountain stream in a secondary deciduous broadleaf forest. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 67: 43-51. 2011
Kosugi Y., Itoh M., Matsubara T., Takanashi S., Osaka K,. Mizota Y., Dannoura M., Shimamura T., Makita N. Partitioning of respiratory CO2 fluxes in a managed C3 turfgrass fieldtree. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 66:151-161. 2010.
橋本 太郎, 深山 貴文, 小南 裕志, 吉村 謙一, 牧田 直樹, 金澤 洋一. 落葉広葉樹二次林におけるルートリターからのメタンの発生特性について．森林応用研究 19:35-39. 2010.
Ishii H., Takashima A., Makita N., Yoshida S. Vertical stratification and effects of crown damage on maximum tree height in mixed conifer–broadleaf forests of Yakushima Island, southern Japan. Plant Ecology 211:27-36. 2010.
Hirano Y., Noguchi K., Ohashi M., Hishi T., Makita N., Fujii S., Finer L. A new method for placing and extracting root meshes for estimating fine root production in forest ecosystems. Plant Root 3:26-31. 2009.
牧田 直樹，平野 恭弘，檀浦 正子，山瀬 敬太郎，青野 健治，五十嵐 鉄朗，石井 政博，金澤 洋一． ブロックサンプリング法，トレンチ法，地中レーダ法によるアカマツ林の根現存量および根系分布の推定．根の研究 18:39-47. 2009.
Hirano Y., Dannoura M., Aono K., Igarashi T., Ishii M., Yamase K., Makita N., Kanazawa Y. Limiting factors in the detection of tree roots using ground-penetrating radar. Plant and Soil 319:15-24. 2009.
Makita N., Hirano Y., Dannoura M., Kominami Y., Mizoguchi T., Ishii H., Kanazawa Y. Fine root morphological traits determine variation in root respiration of Quercus serrata. Tree Physiology 29: 579-585. 2009.
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