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List of works by Kaoru Kitajima

A 10-year evaluation of the functional basis for regeneration habitat preference of trees in an African evergreen forest

scientific article published in 2008

A putative tropical American plant,Ipomoea nil (Convolvulaceae), in pre-Columbian Japanese art

article

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

scientific article

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

article published in 2007

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

scholarly article

Colonization Strategies of Two Liana Species in a Tropical Dry Forest Canopy

Comparative analysis of borate fusion versus sodium carbonate extraction for quantification of silicon contents in plants

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

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

scientific article

Coordination of leaf economics traits within the family of the world's fastest growing plants (Lemnaceae)

scientific article published on 24 May 2021

Correction to: Silicon cycled by tropical forest trees: effects of species, elevation and parent material on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia

scientific article published in 2023

Cultivar selection prior to introduction may increase invasiveness: evidence from Ardisia crenata

article

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

scientific article published on December 2002

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

scientific article published on May 1997

Decomposing leaf mass into photosynthetic and structural components explains divergent patterns of trait variation within and among plant species

article

Diel patterns of leaf carbohydrate concentrations differ between seedlings and mature trees of two sympatric oak species

scientific article published in 2014

Divergent drivers of leaf trait variation within species, among species, and among functional groups.

scientific article

Diverse Optical and Photosynthetic Properties in a Neotropical Dry Forest during the Dry Season: Implications for Remote Estimation of Photosynthesis1

scholarly article by John A. Gamon et al published December 2005 in Biotropica

Do shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings depend longer on seed reserves? Functional growth analysis of three Bignoniaceae species

scientific article published in 2002

Does release from natural belowground enemies help explain the invasiveness of Lygodium microphyllum? A cross-continental comparison

scientific article published in 2009

Ecophysiology in Relation to Exposure of Pendant Epiphytic Bryophytes in the Canopy of a Tropical Montane Oak Forest1

Effects of phylogeny and climate on seed oil fatty acid composition across 747 plant species in China

article

Evolutionary and ecological correlates of early seedling morphology in East African trees and shrubs

scientific article published on June 2005

Experimental Studies of Seedling Recruitment from Contrasting Seed Distributions

scientific article published in 1992

Foliar respiration and its temperature sensitivity in trees and lianas: in situ measurements in the upper canopy of a tropical forest ⬇️

scientific article published on April 16, 2013

Functional correlates of leaf demographic response to gap release in saplings of a shade-tolerant tree, Elateriospermum tapos

scientific article

Functional trait divergence of juveniles and adults of nineIngaspecies with contrasting soil preference in a tropical rain forest

scientific article published in 2012

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

scientific article published on December 2010

General patterns of acclimation of leaf respiration to elevated temperatures across biomes and plant types

scientific article published on 7 December 2014

Global convergence in leaf respiration from estimates of thermal acclimation across time and space

scientific article

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2015

Habitat-specific positive and negative effects of soil biota on seedling growth in a fragmented tropical montane landscape

scientific article published in 2014

Host-specific effects of soil microbial filtrates prevail over those of arbuscular mycorrhizae in a fragmented landscape

scientific article published on 28 May 2017

How cellulose-based leaf toughness and lamina density contribute to long leaf lifespans of shade-tolerant species

scientific article published on 18 June 2012

Impact of Cotyledon and Leaf Removal on Seedling Survival in Three Tree Species with Contrasting Cotyledon Functions1

Impact of Cotyledon and Leaf Removal on Seedling Survival in Three Tree Species with Contrasting Cotyledon Functions1

scientific article published on 15 March 2006

Implications of life span variation within a leaf cohort for evaluation of the optimal timing of leaf shedding

scientific article published in 2014

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

scientific article published on June 2003

Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on whole-plant respiration and thermal acclimation of tropical tree seedlings

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Influences of Heterotrophic and Autotrophic Resource Use on Carbon and Hydrogen Isotopic Compositions of Tropical Tree Leaves ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2001

Intrinsic water-use efficiency and heterotrophic investment in tropical leaf growth of two Neotropical pioneer tree species as estimated from delta13C values

article

Leaf Optical Properties of Trees and Lianas in the Outer Canopy of a Tropical Dry Forest1

Leaf cellulose density as the key determinant of inter- and intra-specific variation in leaf fracture toughness in a species-rich tropical forest.

scientific article published on June 2016

Leaf life span spectrum of tropical woody seedlings: effects of light and ontogeny and consequences for survival

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Leaf ontogeny and phenology influence nutrient, moisture and light limitation of ecosystem productivity in tropical forests

scientific article published in 2022

Leaf trait variations associated with habitat affinity of tropical karst tree species.

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Life history trade-offs in tropical trees and lianas.

scientific article published on May 2006

Litterfall silicon flux in relation to vegetation differences in old‐growth and logged lowland forests in Borneo

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article published in 2004

MYCORRHIZAE DIFFERENTIALLY ALTER GROWTH, PHYSIOLOGY, AND COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF AN INVASIVE SHRUB

scientific article published in 2003

Mycorrhizal symbiosis and Lygodium microphyllum Invasion in South Florida—a biogeographic comparison

scholarly article by Pushpa G. Soti et al published February 2014 in Symbiosis

Negative plant-soil feedbacks are stronger in agricultural habitats than in forest fragments in the tropical Andes

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Neighboring tree effect on the survival and growth of Shorea johorensis under a line planting system in a Bornean dipterocarp forest

article

Nitrogen Uptake and Plant Growth I. Effect of Nitrogen Removal on Growth of Polygonum cuspidatum

article

Optimal photosynthetic use of light by tropical tree crowns achieved by adjustment of individual leaf angles and nitrogen content

scientific article

PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY AND LEAF LONGEVITY IN THE CANOPY OF A DRY TROPICAL FOREST ⬇️

scientific article published in 1995

PLASTIC PHENOTYPIC RESPONSE TO LIGHT OF 16 CONGENERIC SHRUBS FROM A PANAMANIAN RAINFOREST

article

Phenology in the tropics: Physiological controls revealed by long-term monitoring and predictive models

scientific article published in 2019

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

scientific article

Plant ecology of tropical and subtropical karst ecosystems

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Plant physiological ecology of tropical forest canopies ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1996

Plant–soil interactions maintain biodiversity and functions of tropical forest ecosystems

article

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

article

Pre- and post-dispersal seed predation in Tachigali versicolor (Caesalpiniaceae): effects of timing of fruiting and variation among trees

scientific article published in 1999

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

scientific article published on August 1994

Resprouting as a persistence strategy of tropical forest trees: relations with carbohydrate storage and shade tolerance

scientific article

Seasonal leaf phenotypes in the canopy of a tropical dry forest: photosynthetic characteristics and associated traits.

scientific article published on February 1997

Seed Banks and Seedling Establishment on an Experimental Productivity Gradient

scientific article published in 1996

Seed and Seedling Ecology

scientific article

Seed and Seedling Ecology of a Monocarpic Tropical Tree, Tachigalia Versicolor

scientific article published in 1989

Seed reserve composition in 19 tree species of a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico and its relationship to seed germination and seedling growth

scientific article

Seed reserve dependency of Leucaena leucocephala seedling growth for nitrogen and phosphorus

scientific article published on 01 April 2013

Shifting baselines on a tropical forest frontier: extirpations drive declines in local ecological knowledge

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Spatial and seasonal variation in leaf temperature within the canopy of a tropical forest

Susceptibility of Tree Seedlings to Biotic and Abiotic Hazards in the Understory of a Moist Tropical Forest in Panama

TRY - a global database of plant traits

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

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

article

Testing performance rank reversals among coexisting species: crossover point irradiance analysis

scientific article published in 2003

The Ecophysiology of Leaf Lifespan in Tropical Forests: Adaptive and Plastic Responses to Environmental Heterogeneity

article

The Effect of Logging and Strip Cutting on Forest Floor Light Condition and Following Change

article by Tomoya Inada et al published 7 November 2017 in Forests

Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy

article

Traits along the leaf economics spectrum are associated with communities of foliar endophytic symbionts

scientific article published in 2022

Transpiration-dependent passive silica accumulation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) under varying soil silicon availability

scientific article published in 2012

Tropical phenology: Recent advances and perspectives

scientific article published in 2019

Variation in crown light utilization characteristics among tropical canopy trees.

scientific article published on 7 December 2004

Variations of leaf longevity in tropical moist forests predicted by a trait-driven carbon optimality model

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

What makes a leaf tough? Patterns of correlated evolution between leaf toughness traits and demographic rates among 197 shade-tolerant woody species in a neotropical forest.

scientific article published on June 2011

Whole-plant respiration and its temperature sensitivity during progressive carbon starvation

article

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