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Kaoru Kitajima

Kaoru Kitajima

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
57
Citations
19519
World Ranking
1402
National Ranking
41

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
19531
World Ranking
3363
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kaoru Kitajima is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio focused on environmental and biological sciences. Their work prominently intersects areas such as ecology, plant science, and landscape conservation, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding natural systems.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, supported by a substantial number of publications. Within these areas, the primary subfields Kitajima has contributed to are Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The core topics that frame their research encompass Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Silicon Effects in Agriculture, Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, Plant and animal studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Forest ecology and management, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Kitajima's frequent publication venues highlight key journals where their research appears regularly. These venues include Ecological Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Plant Research, Forest Ecology and Management, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Their recent papers offer insight into their research focus, reflecting both empirical studies and broader ecological perspectives. Notable publications include:

  • Forest canopy height variation in relation to topography and forest types in central Japan with LiDAR (2021, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations (2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Traits along the leaf economics spectrum are associated with communities of foliar endophytic symbionts (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Coordination of leaf economics traits within the family of the world's fastest growing plants (Lemnaceae) (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Comparative analysis of borate fusion versus sodium carbonate extraction for quantification of silicon contents in plants (2020, Journal of Plant Research)

Collaboratively, Kitajima frequently works with fellow researchers such as Yusuke Onoda, Md. Farhadur Rahman, Ryosuke Nakamura, Joseph Emile Honour Percival, and Michiko Nakagawa, indicating an active engagement in co-authored scholarly work.

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

    S. Joseph Wright;Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Peter B. Reich

  • Relative importance of photosynthetic traits and allocation patterns as correlates of seedling shade tolerance of 13 tropical trees.

    Kaoru Kitajima

  • Plastic Phenotypic Response to Light of 16 Congeneric Shrubs From a Panamanian Rainforest

    Fernando Valladares;S. Joseph Wright;Eloisa Lasso;Kaoru Kitajima

  • Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum.

    Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;John R. Evans;Kouki Hikosaka

  • Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

    Yusuke Onoda;Mark Westoby;Peter B. Adler;Amy M.F. Choong

  • Cloud cover limits net CO2 uptake and growth of a rainforest tree during tropical rainy seasons

    Eric A. Graham;Stephen S. Mulkey;Kaoru Kitajima;Nathan G. Phillips

  • Carbohydrate storage enhances seedling shade and stress tolerance in a neotropical forest

    Jonathan A. Myers;Kaoru Kitajima

  • Ecology of seedling regeneration.

    K. Kitajima;M. Fenner

  • Increases of chlorophyll a/b ratios during acclimation of tropical woody seedlings to nitrogen limitation and high light

    Kaoru Kitajima;Kevin P. Hogan;Kevin P. Hogan

  • MULTIPLE TRAIT ASSOCIATIONS IN RELATION TO HABITAT DIFFERENTIATION AMONG 17 FLORIDIAN OAK SPECIES

    Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Kaoru Kitajima;F. A. Bazzaz

  • Carbohydrate storage and light requirements of tropical moist and dry forest tree species.

    Lourens Poorter;Kaoru Kitajima

  • Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

    Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Lourens Poorter

  • Experimental Studies of Seedling Recruitment from Contrasting Seed Distributions

    Carol K. Augspurger;Kaoru Kitajima

  • Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Seedlings

    Kaoru Kitajima

  • Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age in relation to leaf longevities for five tropical canopy tree species.

    Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Stephen S. Mulkey;S. Joseph Wright

  • Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

    C.E. Thimothy Paine;Lucy Amissah;Lucy Amissah;Harald Auge;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto

  • Temporal dynamics of microbial communities on decomposing leaf litter of 10 plant species in relation to decomposition rate

    Sarah R. Bray;Kaoru Kitajima;Michelle C. Mack

  • Coordinated changes in photosynthesis, water relations and leaf nutritional traits of canopy trees along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest

    Louis S. Santiago;Louis S. Santiago;Kaoru Kitajima;S. Joseph Wright;Stephen S. Mulkey

  • Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age and position in two tropical pioneer tree species.

    Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Stephen S. Mulkey;Mirna Samaniego;S. Joseph Wright

  • Life History Trade-Offs in Tropical Trees and Lianas

    Benjamin Gilbert;S. Joseph Wright;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Kaoru Kitajima

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Joseph Wright
S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Martijn Slot
Martijn Slot Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Lourens Poorter
Lourens Poorter Wageningen University & Research
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Jeremy W. Lichstein
Jeremy W. Lichstein University of Florida
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Jeannine Cavender-Bares University of Minnesota
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Colin A. Chapman
Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University

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