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Naoko Tokuchi

Naoko Tokuchi

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
3523
World Ranking
8257
National Ranking
65

Overview

Naoko Tokuchi is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on ecological processes and nutrient dynamics in soil and water systems.

Their research covers a range of subfields including Ecology, Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Plant Science. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ecosystem functions and nutrient transformations.

Tokuchi's main research topics include:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Their publications are frequently found in specific academic venues, indicating consistent contribution to these journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecological Research
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Environmental Conservation Engineering
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Plant and Soil

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Tokuchi include:

  • "Nitrate reductase activities in plants from different ecological and taxonomic groups grown in Japan", 2020, Ecological Research
  • "Linkage of fine and coarse litter traits to soil microbial characteristics and nitrogen mineralization across topographic positions in a temperate natural forest", 2020, Plant and Soil
  • "Volcanic deposits affect soil nitrogen dynamics and fungal-bacterial dominance in temperate forests", 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Traditional knowledge on shifting cultivation of local communities in Bago Mountains, Myanmar", 2020, Journal of Forest Research
  • "Environmental factors regulating stream nitrate concentrations at baseflow condition in a large region encompassing a climatic gradient", 2021, Hydrological Processes

Tokuchi has collaborated frequently with other researchers, indicating an active role in research networks. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Soyoka Makino
  • Tomohiro Yokobe
  • Fujio Hyodo
  • Ryunosuke Tateno
  • Yukio Komai

Best Publications

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Comparison of litterfall production and leaf litter decomposition between an exotic black locust plantation and an indigenous oak forest near Yan’an on the Loess Plateau, China

    Ryunosuke Tateno;Naoko Tokuchi;Norikazu Yamanaka;Sheng Du

  • Intermittent denitrification: The application of a 15N natural abundance method to a forested ecosystem

    Keisuke Koba;Naoko Tokuchi;Eitaro Wada;Takuo Nakajima

  • Nematomorph parasites indirectly alter the food web and ecosystem function of streams through behavioural manipulation of their cricket hosts

    Takuya Sato;Tomohiro Egusa;Keitaro Fukushima;Tomoki Oda

  • Natural abundance of nitrogen-15 in a forest soil

    Keisuke Koba;Naoko Tokuchi;Takahito Yoshioka;Erik Alan Hobbie

  • Spatial variability of soil nitrogen transformation patterns along a forest slope in a Cryptomeria japonica D. Don plantation

    Muneto Hirobe;Naoko Tokuchi;Goro Iwatsubo

  • Biogeochemical Influences on the Determination of Water Chemistry in a Temperate Forest Basin: Factors Determining the pH value

    Nobuhito Ohte;Naoko Tokuchi;Masakazu Suzuki

  • Comparative evaluation on nitrogen saturation of forest catchments in Japan and northeastern United States

    Nobuhito Ohte;Myron J. Mitchell;Hideaki Shibata;Naoko Tokuchi

  • Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research

    Hideaki Shibata;Christina Branquinho;William H. McDowell;Myron J. Mitchell

  • Impacts of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) invasion on dry matter and carbon and nitrogen stocks in a broad-leaved secondary forest located in Kyoto, western Japan

    Keitaro Fukushima;Nobuaki Usui;Ryo Ogawa;Naoko Tokuchi

  • Natural 15 N Abundance of Plants and Soil N in a Temperate Coniferous Forest

    Keisuke Koba;Keisuke Koba;Muneto Hirobe;Lina Koyama;Lina Koyama;Ayato Kohzu

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment and balance in forests colonized by cormorants: Implications of the influence of soil adsorption

    Satoru Hobara;Keisuke Koba;Takashi Osono;Naoko Tokuchi

  • Factors contributing to soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates of forest soils in the Japanese archipelago

    Rieko Urakawa;Nobuhito Ohte;Hideaki Shibata;Kazuo Isobe

  • Mechanism of nitrate loss from a forested catchment following a small-scale, natural disturbance

    Satoru Hobara;Naoko Tokuchi;Nobuhito Ohte;Keisuke Koba

  • Episodic increases in nitrate concentrations in streamwater due to the partial dieback of a pine forest in Japan: runoff generation processes control seasonality

    Nobuhito Ohte;Naoko Tokuchi;Masanori Katsuyama;Satoru Hobara

  • Topographical variations in a plant–soil system along a slope on Mt Ryuoh, Japan

    Naoko Tokuchi;Hiroshi Takeda;Kazuma Yoshida;Goro Iwatsubo

  • Estimation of radioactive 137-cesium transportation by litterfall, stemflow and throughfall in the forests of Fukushima

    Izuki Endo;Nobuhito Ohte;Kohei Iseda;Keitaro Tanoi

  • Potential N2O emissions from leguminous tree plantation soils in the humid tropics

    Seiko Arai;Shigehiro Ishizuka;Seiichi Ohta;Saifuddin Ansori

  • Hydrobiogeochemistry of forest ecosystems in Japan: major themes and research issues

    Nobuhito Ohte;Naoko Tokuchi;Hideaki Shibata;Maki Tsujimura

  • Forest Floor Quality and N Transformations in a Temperate Forest Affected by Avian-Derived N Deposition

    Satoru Hobara;Takashi Osono;Keisuke Koba;Naoko Tokuchi

  • Forest stand structure, composition, and dynamics in 34 sites over Japan

    Masae I. Ishihara;Satoshi N. Suzuki;Masahiro Nakamura;Tsutomu Enoki

  • Biogeochemical nitrogen properties of forest soils in the Japanese archipelago

    Rieko Urakawa;Nobuhito Ohte;Hideaki Shibata;Ryunosuke Tateno

  • Soil Functional Responses to Excess Nitrogen Inputs at Global Scale

    Mark Adams;Phil Ineson;Dan Binkley;Georg Cadisch

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuhito Ohte
Nobuhito Ohte Kyoto University
Keisuke Koba
Keisuke Koba Kyoto University
Ryunosuke Tateno
Ryunosuke Tateno Kyoto University
Hiroshi Takeda
Hiroshi Takeda Doshisha University
Tsutom Hiura
Tsutom Hiura University of Tokyo
Hideaki Shibata
Hideaki Shibata Hokkaido University
Ichiro Tayasu
Ichiro Tayasu Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Myron J. Mitchell
Myron J. Mitchell SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Mark A. Adams
Mark A. Adams University of Sydney
Takashi Osono
Takashi Osono Doshisha University

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