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Forest Utilization Lab
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The lab measures how forest trees store and release carbon and methane.
AboutAbout the lab
Measuring and confirming the flow of carbon in forests.
The Forest Utilization lab studies the carbon cycle and biomass production of forests, as well as gas exchange between trees and the atmosphere.
Through field measurements and data analysis, it investigates how much carbon and methane forest trees and soils store and how much they release.
Led by students, the lab also runs the Bamboo Chopsticks Project, which places bamboo chopsticks in campus cafeterias to raise awareness of the problem of abandoned bamboo forests.
Undergraduates are assigned to the lab in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Key terms
- Carbon cycle
- The movement of carbon among the atmosphere, plants, soil, and water.
- Methane
- A gas with a strong greenhouse effect. It is produced by microorganisms in soil and water, among other sources.
NewsLab news
A student received an Encouragement Award at the Kinki Chapter Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
A student received an Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the carbon cycle and biomass production of forests, and gas exchange between trees and the atmosphere. Examples of its research are introduced below from the lab's recent papers.
*Illustrative imageCarbon storage and uptake in forests
The lab studies methods for estimating how much carbon forests store and absorb. Because the amount of carbon in a forest can differ depending on how it is estimated, it has published a paper comparing the results of several methods.
*Illustrative imageDo trees emit methane in forests?
In a cool-temperate mountain forest, the lab is investigating whether trees emit or absorb methane. It conducts joint research with faculty of the Forest Hydrology lab on topics such as how methane is emitted from the upper parts of tree trunks.
MembersFaculty
The Forest Utilization lab consists of faculty, a secretary, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorMasako Dannoura
- Assistant ProfessorMinori Tokito
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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: “Dülmen, Kirchspiel, Bauerschaft Börnste” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Carbon storage and uptake in forests: “ZF Canopy Tower, Amazonian forest Manaus” Hector Bottai / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Do trees emit methane in forests?: “Neuhof, beech tree trunk with trail signs” Gerda Arendt / CC0 (cropped)
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