Kihachiro Kikuzawa

Kihachiro Kikuzawa publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Kihachiro Kikuzawa D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

  Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  586
  Citations

• A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Leaf Habit and Leaf Longevity of Trees and Their Geographical Pattern

  Unknown

  514
  Citations

• Leaf survival of woody plants in deciduous broad-leaved forests. 1. Tall trees

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  365
  Citations

• Leaf phenology as an optimal strategy for carbon gain in plants

  K. Kikuzawa

  299
  Citations

• Importance of seed size for the establishment of seedlings of five deciduous broad-leaved tree species

  Kenji Seiwa;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  233
  Citations

• Significance of leaf longevity in plants

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa;David Ackerly

  172
  Citations

• Phenology of tree seedlings in relation to seed size

  Kenji Seiwa;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  157
  Citations

• GROWTH PATTERNS OF TREE HEIGHT AND STEM DIAMETER IN POPULATIONS OF ABIES VEITCHII, A. MARIESII AND BETULA ERMANII

  Toshihiko Hara;Makoto Kimura;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  150
  Citations

• Leaf survival of woody plants in deciduous broad-leaved forests. 2. Small trees and shrubs

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  128
  Citations

• Toward synthesis of relationships among leaf longevity, instantaneous photosynthetic rate, lifetime leaf carbon gain, and the gross primary production of forests.

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa;Martin J. Lechowicz

  114
  Citations

• Dispersal of Quercus mongolica acorns in a broadleaved deciduous forest 2. Scatterhoarding by mice

  Unknown

  113
  Citations

• Winter photosynthesis by saplings of evergreen broad-leaved trees in a deciduous temperate forest

  Yoshiyuki Miyazawa;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  110
  Citations

• Phenological and morphological adaptations to the light environment in two woody and two herbaceous plant species

  Unknown

  106
  Citations

• Temporal and spatial variations in leaf herbivory within a canopy of Fagus crenata

  Michimasa Yamasaki;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  96
  Citations

• Sex ratios and genetic variation in a functionally androdioecious species, Schizopepon bryoniaefolius (Cucurbitaceae).

  Junichi Akimoto;Tatsundo Fukuhara;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  92
  Citations

• Effect of Canopy Structure on Degree of Asymmetry of Competition in Two Forest Stands in Northern Japan

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa;Kiyoshi Umeki

  88
  Citations

• Leaf economics fundamentals explained by optimality principles

  Unknown

  86
  Citations

• Scaling of soil water absorption by seeds: an experiment using seed analogues

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa;Hiromasa Koyama

  85
  Citations

• The basis for variation in leaf longevity of plants

  Unknown

  83
  Citations

• Theoretical relationships between mean plant size, size distribution and self-thinning under one-sided competition

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  75
  Citations

• Intraspecific Competition in a Natural Stand of Betula ermanii

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  71
  Citations

• Fruiting phenology of fleshy-fruited plants and seasonal dynamics of frugivorous birds in four vegetation zones on Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo

  Kazuya Kimura;Takakazu Yumoto;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  70
  Citations

• The basis for variation in leaf longevity of plants.

  Unknown

  67
  Citations

• Some Evidence for an Adaptive Linkage Between Leaf Phenology and Shoot Architecture in Sapling Trees

  K. Kikuzawa;H. Koyama;K. Umeki;M. J. Lechowicz

  64
  Citations

• Effects of flooding on leaf dynamics and other seedling responses in flood-tolerant Alnus japonica and flood-intolerant Betula platyphylla var. japonica.

  Kazuhiko Terazawa;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  63
  Citations

• Long-term growth dynamics of natural forests in Hokkaido, northern Japan

  Kiyoshi Umeki;Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  63
  Citations

• Leaf Survivals of Tree Species in Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forests1)

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  60
  Citations

• Shoot life span in relation to successional status in deciduous broad-leaved tree species in a temperate forest

  Kenji Seiwa;Kihachiro Kikuzawa;Takahiro Kadowaki;Shigetoshi Akasaka

  59
  Citations

• Geographical distribution of leaf life span and species diversity of trees simulated by a leaf-longevity model

  Kihachiro Kikuzawa

  56
  Citations