Takuo Hishi

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions of Soil Animal Community

Belowground organisms interconnect to aboveground organisms through their ecosystem functionings, such as decomposition and nutrient production in soil. Biodiversity of belowground organisms supports the soil ecosystem functionings.

It has been enigma for a long time why the soil biodiversity is extremely high.

My research subject is elucidating how environmental conditions affect the biodiversity and ecosystem functions of soil animals.

Selected Papers

2024

Uemori K, Hishi T (2024) Differences in sampling efficiency of each insect orders in yellow pan traps with installation of flight interception windows. Entomological Science 27:e12591. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ens.12591

Hishi T, Uemori K, Tashiro N, Nakamura T (2024) Asymmetric environmental selection on intraspecific body size in Collembola communities along an elevational gradient in northern Japan. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 120: 103596.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103596

Potapov, A.M., Chen, TW., Striuchkova, A.V. et al. Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure. Sci Data 11, 22 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02784-x

2023

Katayama A, Oyamada M, Abe H, Uemori K, Hishi T. 2023. Soil erosion decreases soil microbial respiration in Japanese beech forests with understory vegetation lost by deer. Journal of Forest Research. Accepted. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13416979.2023.2235499

2022

Hishi, T, Kawakami, E, Katayama, A. Changes in the abundance and species diversity of Collembola community along with dwarf bamboo density gradient in a mountainous temperate forest of Japan. Applied Soil Ecology, 180, 104606, 2022.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104606

菱拓雄．形質生態学によるトビムシ群集構造の解明. Edaphologia 111: 17-30. 2022.（日本土壌動物学会研究奨励賞論文）DOI: https://doi.org/10.20695/edaphologia.111.0_17

Uemori, K, Mita, T, Hishi, T. Differences in functional trait responses to elevation among feeding guilds of an Aculeata community, Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9171, 2022. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9171

Hishi T., Urakawa R., Saitoh S., Maeda Y., Hyodo F. Topography is more important than forest type as a determinant for functional trait composition of Collembola community. Pedobiologia, 90, 150776, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2021.150776

2021

Kazushige Uemori, Toshiharu Mita, Takuo Hishi. Changes in species, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of Aculeata communities along elevational gradients in the Kyushu Central Mountains of the Japanese archipelago. Ecological Research 36, 778-787, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12242

2020

Erika Kawakami, Ayumi Katayama, Takuo Hishi. Effects of declining understory vegetation on leaf litter decomposition in a Japanese cool-temperate forest. Journal of Forest Research, 25, 260-268, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13416979.2020.1759884

2018

Yuka Maeda, Naoaki Tashiro, Tsutomu Enoki, Rieko Urakawa, Takuo Hishi. Effects of species replacement on the relationship between net primary production and soil nitrogen availability along a topographical gradient –Comparison of belowground allocation and nitrogen use efficiency between natural forests and plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 422, 214-222, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.046.

2017

Takuo Hishi, Ryunosuke Tateno, Keitaro Fukushima, Reiji Fujimaki, Masami Itoh, Naoko Tokuchi. Changes in the anatomy, morphology and mycorrhizal infection of fine root systems of Cryptomeria japonica in relation to stand ageing. Tree Physiology, 37, 61-70, 2017. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw076