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G. F. Pires, G. M. Abrahão, L. M. Brumatti, L. J.C. Oliveira, M. H. Costa, S. Liddicoat, E. Kato, and R. J. Ladle (2016) Increased climate risk in Brazilian double cropping agriculture systems: Implications for land use in Northern Brazil. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 228-229, 286-298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.07.005
Z. Zhu, S. Piao, R. B. Myneni, M. Huang, Z. Zeng, J. G. Canadell, P. Ciais, S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, A. Arneth, C. Cao, L. Cheng, E. Kato, C. Koven, Y. Li, X. Lian, Y. Liu, R. Liu, J. Mao, Y. Pan, S. Peng, J. Peñuelas, B. Poulter, T. A. M. Pugh, B. D. Stocker, N. Viovy, X. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Xiao, H. Yang, S. Zaehle, and N. Zeng (2016) Greening of the Earth and its drivers. Nature Climate Change, 6, 791-795, https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3004
L. Calle, J. G. Canadell, P. Patra, P. Ciais, K. Ichii, H. Tian, M. Kondo, S. Piao, A. Arneth, A. B. Harper, A. Ito, E. Kato, C. Koven, S. Sitch, B. D. Stocker, N. Viovy, A. Wiltshire, S. Zaehle, and B. Poulter (2016) Regional carbon fluxes from land use and land cover change in Asia, 1980-2009. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 074011, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074011
G. Murray-Tortarolo, P. Friedlingstein, S. Sitch, V. J. Jaramillo, F. Murguía-Flores, A. Anav, Y. Liu, A. Arneth, A. Arvanitis, A. Harper, A. Jain, E. Kato, C. Koven, B. Poulter, B. D. Stocker, A. Wiltshire, S. Zaehle, and N. Zeng (2016) The carbon cycle in Mexico: past, present and future of C stocks and fluxes. Biogeosciences, 13, 223-238, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-223-2016
P. Smith, S. J. Davis, F. Creutzig, S. Fuss, J. Minx, B. Gabrielle, E. Kato, R. B. Jackson, A. Cowie, E. Kriegler, D. P. van Vuuren, J. Rogelj, P. Ciais, J. Milne, J. G. Canadell, D. McCollum, G. Peters, R. Andrew, V. Krey, G. Shrestha, P. Friedlingstein, T. Gasser, A. Grübler, W. K. Heidug, M. Jonas, C. D. Jones, F. Kraxner, E. Littleton, J. Lowe, J. R. Moreira, N. Nakicenovic, M. Obersteiner, A. Patwardhan, M. Rogner, E. Rubin, A. Sharifi, A. Torvanger, Y. Yamagata, J. Edmonds, and C. Yongsung (2016) Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change, 6, 42-50, https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2870
C. Le Quéré, et al. (2015) Global carbon budget 2015. Earth System Science Data, 7, 349-396, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-349-2015
K. Nishina, A. Ito, P. Falloon, A. D. Friend, D. J. Beerling, P. Ciais, D. B. Clark, R. Kahana, E. Kato, W. Lucht, M. Lomas, R. Pavlick, S. Schaphoff, L. Warszawaski, and T. Yokohata (2015) Decomposing uncertainties in the future terrestrial carbon budget associated with emission scenario, climate projection, and ecosystem simulation using the ISI-MIP result. Earth System Dynamics, 6, 435-445, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-435-2015
A. Ahlström, M. R. Raupach, G. Schurgers, B. Smith, A. Arneth, M. Jung, M. Reichstein, J. G. Canadell, P. Friedlingstein, A. K. Jain, E. Kato, B. Poulter, S. Sitch, B. D. Stocker, N. Viovy, Y. P. Wang, A. Wiltshire, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng (2015) The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink. Science, 348, 895-899. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa1668
C. Le Quéré, et al. (2015) Global carbon budget 2014. Earth System Science Data, 7, 47-85, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-47-2015
H. Sato, A. Ito, A Ito, T. Ise, E. Kato (2015) Current status and future of land surface models. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 61, 34-47, doi:10.1080/00380768.2014.917593
T. Hajima, M. Kawamiya, M. Watanabe, E. Kato, K. Tachiiri, M. Sugiyama, S. Watanabe, H. Okajima, A. Ito (2014) Modeling in Earth system science up to and beyond IPCC AR5. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 1:29, doi:10.1186/s40645-014-0029-y
E. Kato, Y. Yamagata (2014) BECCS capability of dedicated bioenergy crops under a future land-use scenario targeting net negative carbon emissions. Earth's Future, 2, 421-439, doi:10.1002/2014EF000249
L. R. Boysen, V. Brovkin, V. K. Arora, P. Cadule, N. de Noblet-Ducoudre, E. Kato, J. Pongratz, and V. Gayler (2014) Global and regional effects of land-use change of climate in 21st century simulations with interactive carbon cycle. Earth System Dynamics, 5, 309-319, doi:10.5194/esd-5-309-2014
C. Le Quéré, G. P. Peters, R. J. Andres, R. M. Andrew, T. Boden, P. Ciais, P. Friedlingstein, R. A. Houghton, G. Marland, R. Moriarty, S. Sitch, P. Tans, A. Arneth, A. Arvanitis, D. C. E. Bakker, L. Bopp, J. G. Canadell, L. P. Chini, S. C. Doney, A. Harper, I. Harris, J. I. House, A. K. Jain, S. D. Jones, E. Kato, R. F. Keeling, K. Klein Goldewijk, A. Körtzinger, C. Koven, N. Lefèvre, A. Omar, T. Ono, G.-H. Park, B. Pfeil, B. Poulter, M. R. Raupach, P. Regnier, C. Roödenbeck, S. Saito, J. Schwinger, J. Segschneider, B. D. Stocker, B. Tilbrook, S. van Heuven, N. Viovy, R. Wanninkhof, A. Wiltshire, S. Zaehle, and C. Yue (2014) Global carbon budget 2013. Earth System Science Data, 6, 235-263, doi:10.5194/essd-6-235-2014
K. Nishina, A. Ito, D. J. Beerling, P. Cadule, P. Ciais, D. B. Clark, P. Falloon, A. D. Friend, R. Kahana, E. Kato, R. Keribin, W. Lucht, M. Lomas, T. T. Rademacher, R. Pavlick, S. Schaphoff, N. Vuichard, L. Warszawaski, and T. Yokohata (2014) Quantifying uncertainties in soil carbon responses to changes in global mean temperature and precipitation. Earth System Dynamics, 5, 197-209, doi:10.5194/esd-5-197-2014
V. Brovkin, L. Boysen, V. Arora, J. Boisier, P. Cadule, L. Chini, M. Claussen, P. Friedlingstein, V. Gayler, B. Hurk, G. Hurtt, C. Jones, E. Kato, N. de Noblet- Ducoudré, F. Pacifico, J. Pongratz, and M.Weiss (2013) Effect of anthropogenic land-use and land cover changes on climate and land carbon storage in CMIP5 projections for the 21st century. Journal of Climate, 26, 6859-6881, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00623.1
C. Jones, E. Robertson, V. Arora, P. Friedlingstein, E. Shevliakova, L. Bopp, V. Brovkin, T. Hajima, E. Kato, M. Kawamiya, S. Liddicoat, K. Lindsay, C. H. Reick, C. Roelandt, J. Segschneider, J. Tjiputra (2013) Twenty-First-Century Compatible CO2 Emissions and Airborne Fraction Simulated by CMIP5 Earth System Models under Four Representative Concentration Pathways. Journal of Climate, 26, 4398-4413, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00554.1
C. Le Quéré, R. J. Andres, T. Boden, T. Conway, R. A. Houghton, J. I. House, G. Marland, G. P. Peters, G. van der Werf, A. Ahlström, R. M. Andrew, L. Bopp, J. G. Canadell, P. Ciais, S. C. Doney, C. Enright, P. Friedlingstein, C. Huntingford, A. K. Jain, C. Jourdain, E. Kato, R. F. Keeling, K. Klein Goldewijk, S. Levis, P. Levy, M. Lomas, B. Poulter, M. R. Raupach, J. Schwinger, S. Sitch, B. D. Stocker, N. Viovy, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng (2013) The global carbon budget 1959-2011. Earth System Science Data, 5, 165-185, doi:10.5194/essd-5-165-2013
E. Kato, T. Kinoshita, A. Ito, M. Kawamiya, Y. Yamagata (2013) Evaluation of spatially explicit emission scenario of land-use change and biomass burning using a process based biogeochemical model. Journal of Land Use Science, 8, 104-122, doi:10.1080/1747423X.2011.628705
T. Hajima, T. Ise, K. Tachiiri, E. Kato, S. Watanabe, M. Kawamiya (2012) Climate change, allowable emission, and earth system response to representative concentration pathway scenarios. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90, 417-434
S. Watanabe, T. Hajima, K. Sudo, T. Nagashima, T. Takemura, H. Okajima, T. Nozawa, H. Kawase, M. Abe, T. Yokohata, T. Ise, H. Sato, E. Kato, K. Takata, S. Emori, M. Kawamiya (2011) MIROC-ESM 2010: model description and basic results of CMIP5-20c3m experiments. Geoscientific Model Development, 4, 845-872, doi:10.5194/gmd-4-845-2011
T. Masui, K. Matsumoto, Y. Hijioka, T. Kinoshita, T. Nozawa, S. Ishiwatari, E. Kato, P. R. Shukla, Y. Yamagata, M. Kainuma (2011) An emission pathway for stabilization at 6 W m-2 radiative forcing. Climatic Change, 109, 59-76, doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0150-5
T. Nagamitsu, H. Yamagishi, T. Kenta, N. Inari, E. Kato (2010) Competitive effects of the exotic Bombus terrestris on native bumble bees revealed by a field removal experiment. Population Ecology, 52, 123-136, doi:10.1007/s10144-009-0151-7
T. Kinoshita, E. Kato, K. Iwao, Y. Yamagata (2008) Investigating the rank-size relationship of urban areas using land cover maps. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L17405, doi:10.1029/2008GL035163
T. Nagamitsu, Kenta T, Inari N, Kato E, Hiura T (2007) Abundance, body size, and morphology of bumblebees in an area where an exotic species, Bombus terrestris, has colonized in Japan. Ecological Research, 22, 331-341
Y. Miyazaki, T. Hiura, E. Kato, R. Funada (2002) Allocation of resources to reproduction in Styrax obassia in a masting year. Annals of Botany, 89, 767-772
E. Kato, T. Hiura (1999) Fruit set in Styrax obassia (Styracaceae): the effect of light availability, display size, and local floral density. American Journal of Botany, 86, 495-501