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Kazama Lab
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The lab follows seabirds on northern islands to study the ecology of wild animals.
AboutAbout the lab
Following seabirds on northern islands to learn how wild animals live
The Kazama Lab studies the ecology of wild animals, focusing on seabirds and small mammals.
Its main field sites are Rishiri Island, Wakkanai, and Esashi Town in Hokkaido.
From spring to summer, members stay at the field sites for more than three months to follow wild animals during the breeding season.
The lab also regularly conducts surveys around the Tokorozawa Campus, where students learn the basic techniques of wildlife surveys.
Key terms
- Seabird
- A bird, such as a Black-tailed Gull or other gull, that lives by feeding at sea
- Breeding season
- The season when animals form pairs, lay eggs, and raise their young
- Ecosystem services
- The benefits that living things and the workings of nature provide to people and the surrounding environment
NewsLab news
Co-authored a chapter on the effects of wind power generation on birds in "Encyclopedia of Wildlife Conservation and Management"
Co-authored the chapter on environmental impact assessment survey methods in "Field Guide to Bird Surveys"
ResearchResearch themes
The lab puts particular effort into research on gulls, including the Black-tailed Gull and the Slaty-backed Gull. Its topics are broad, from individual behavior and sociality to roles in the ecosystem and relationships with human activities.
*Illustrative imageSeabird ecology
Based on Rishiri Island, Esashi Town, and Wakkanai, the lab follows Black-tailed Gulls and Slaty-backed Gulls. It studies the behavior of individual birds and their sociality within the colony.
*Illustrative imageOffshore wind power and marine life
This research investigates how wind turbines built at sea affect seabirds and marine ecosystems.
*Illustrative imageEcosystem services provided by seabirds
The lab aims to clarify what roles seabirds play in the ecosystem and what benefits they bring to the surrounding environment.
*Illustrative imageWildlife conservation
The lab conducts research to protect wild animals, with attention to their interactions with human activities. In Hokkaido, its subjects also include land birds and small and medium-sized mammals.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kazama Lab are faculty, master's students, undergraduate students, e-School students, education coaches, visiting researchers, research assistants, and secretaries.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorKentaro Kazama
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Black-tailed gull” Bamse / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Seabird ecology: “Larus crassirostris” kirinzi / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Offshore wind power and marine life: “Middelgrunden offshore wind farm 03” Kritzolina / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Ecosystem services provided by seabirds: “Seabird colony at Lizard Point - geograph.org.uk - 7462059” Robert Graham / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Wildlife conservation: “White tailed eagle raftsund square crop” Christoph Müller / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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