Publications

2014

Mori AS, Kitagawa R. (2014) Retention forestry as a major paradigm for safeguarding forest biodiversity in productive landscapes: A global meta-analysis. Biological Conservation 175: 65-73.

Mori AS*, Fujii S*, Kurokawa H. (2014) Ecological consequences through responses of plant and soil communities to changing winter climate. Ecological Research 29: in press. (*Equal contribution)

Ikeda A, Matsuoka S, Masuya H, Mori AS, Hirose D, Osono T. (2014) Comparison of the diversity, composition, and host recurrence of xylariaceous endophytes in subtropical, cool temperate, and subboreal regions in Japan. Population Ecology 56: 289-300.

Fukasawa Y, Katsumata S, Mori AS, Osono T, Takeda H. (2014) Accumulation and decay dynamics of coarse woody debris n a Japanese old-growth subalpine coniferous forest. Ecological Research 29: 257-269.

2013

Mori AS, Johnson EA. (2013) Assessing possible shifts in wildfire regimes under a changing climate in mountainous landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 875-886.

Mori AS, Spies TA, Sudmeier-Rieux K, Andrade A. (2013)  Reframing ecosystem management in the era of climate change: issues and knowledge from forests. Biological Conservation 165: 115-127.

Mori AS, Shiono T, Koide D, Kitagawa R, Ota AT, Mizumachi E. (2013) Community assembly processes shape an altitudinal gradient of forest biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22: 878-888.

Mori AS, Furukawa T, Sasaki T. (2013) Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change. Biological Reviews 88: 349-364.

Mimura M, Mori AS, Uchida M, Kanda H. (2012) Colonization of vegetation-rich moraines and inference of multiple sources of colonization in the High Arctic for Salix arctica. Conservation Genetics 13: 223-229.

2012

Mizumachi E, Mori AS, Osawa N, Akiyama R, Tokuchi N. (2012) Variation in herbivory-induced responses within successively flushing Quercus serrata seedlings under different nutrient conditions. Journal of Forest Research 17:175-183.

2011

Mori AS (2011) Making society more resilient. Nature 474:284.

Mori AS (2011) Ecosystem management based on natural disturbances: Hierarchical context and non-equilibrium paradigm. Journal of Applied Ecology 48:280-292.

Mori AS (2011) Climatic variability regulates the occurrence and extent of large fires in subalpine forests of the Canadian Rockies. Ecosphere 2:art7.

Mori AS, Lertzman KP. (2011) Historic variability in fire-generated landscape heterogeneity of subalpine forests in the Canadian Rockies. Journal of Vegetation Science 22:45-58.

2010

Mori AS, Niinemets Ü. (2010) Plant responses to heterogeneous environments: Scaling from shoot modules and whole plant functions to ecosystem processes. Ecological Research 25:691-692.

2009

Mori AS, Mizumachi E. (2009) Within-crown structural variability of dwarfed mature Abies mariesii in a snowy subalpine parkland in central Japan. Journal of Forest Research 14:155-166.

Ishii H, Yoshimura K, Mori A. (2009) Convergence of leaf display and photosynthetic characteristics of understory Abies amabilis and Tsuga heterophylla in an old-growth forest in southwestern Washington State, USA. Tree Physiology 29:989-998.

2008

Mori AS, Fukasawa Y, Takeda H. (2008) Tree mortality and habitat shifts in the regeneration trajectory underneath canopy of an old-growth subalpine forest. Forest Ecology and Management 255:3758-3767.

Mori AS, Komiyama A. (2008) Differential survival among life-stages contributes to co-dominance of Abies mariesii and Abies veitchii in a subalpine old-growth forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 19:239-244.

Mori AS, Mizumachi E, Sprugel DG. (2008) Morphological acclimation to understorey environments in Abies amabilis, a shade- and snow-tolerant conifer species of the Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA. Tree Physiology 28:815-824.

Mori AS, Osono T, Uchida M, Kanda H. (2008) Changes in the structure and heterogeneity of vegetation and microsite environments with the chronosequence of primary succession on a glacier foreland in Ellesmere Island, high arctic Canada. Ecological Research 23:363-370.

Doi Y, Mori AS, Takeda H. (2008) Effects of stem burial on seedling age determination for Abies mariesii and Abies veitchii in an old-growth subalpine forest in central Japan. Journal of Forest Research 13:190-195.

Doi Y, Mori AS, Takeda H. (2008) Conifer establishment and root architectural responses to forest floor heterogeneity in an old-growth subalpine forest in central Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 255:1472-1478.

2007

Mori AS, Mizumachi E, Komiyama A. (2007). Roles of disturbance and demographic non-equilibrium in species coexistence, inferred from 25-year dynamics of a late-successional old-growth subalpine forest. Forest Ecology and Management 241:74-83.

Mori A, Hasegawa SF. (2007). Structural characteristics of Abies mariesii saplings in a snowy subalpine parkland in central Japan. Tree Physiology 26:141-148.

Mori AS, Mizumachi E, Sprugel DG. (2007). Possible impacts of changing snow regimes on growth and distribution of conifer species in high elevation ecosystems. Proceedings of the International Symposium "Asian Collaboration in IPY 2007-2008", National Institute of Polar Research, pp201-204.

Mizumachi E, Mori AS. (2007) Current-year shoots and branches structural variations within the crown of Abies mariesii growing in a forest-meadow ecotone developed on Tateyama Mountain Range in central Japan. Proceedings of the International Symposium "Asian Collaboration in IPY 2007-2008", National Institute of Polar Research, pp 205-207.

Doi Y, Mori AS, Takeda H. (2007). Dynamics of tree fine roots in a forest-meadow ecotone developed on Tateyama Mountain Range in central Japan. Proceedings of the International Symposium "Asian Collaboration in IPY 2007-2008", National Institute of Polar Research, pp208-211.

2006

Mori A, Osono T, Iwasaki S, Uchida M, Kanda H. (2006). Topographical variation in initial recruitment and establishment of vascular plants and microhabitat conditions along a slope of the recently-deglaciated moraine in Ellesmere Island, high arctic Canada. Polar Bioscience 19:85-95.

Mizumachi E, Mori A, Osawa N, Akiyama R, Tokuchi N. (2006). Shoot development and extension of Quercus serrata saplings in responses to insect damages and nutrient conditions. Annals of Botany 98：219-226.

Osono T, Mori A, Uchida M, Kanda H. (2006). Chemical property of live and dead leaves of 14 plant species in a deglaciated polar oasis in Oobloyah Valley, Ellesmere Island, high arctic Canada. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Arctic Research pp144-155.

2005

Mori A, Mizumachi E. (2005). Season and substrate effects on the first-year establishment of current-year seedlings of major conifer species in an old-growth subalpine forest in central Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 210:461-467.

Mori A, Takeda H. (2005). Changes in shoot properties in relation to vertical positions within the crown of mature canopy trees of Abies mariesii and Abies veitchii. Journal of Forest Research 10:51-55.

Osono T, Mori A. (2005). Seasonal and leaf age-dependent changes in occurrence of phyllosphere fungi of giant dogwood. Mycoscience 46:273-279.

2004

Mori A, Takeda H. (2004). Effects of undisturbed canopy structure on population structure and species coexistence in an old-growth subalpine forest in central Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 200:89-100.

Mori A, Mizumachi E, Osono T, Doi Y. (2004). Substrate-associated seedling recruiment and establishment of major conifer species in an old-growth subalpine forest in central Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 196:287-297.

Mori A, Takeda H. (2004). Functional relationships between crown morphology and within-crown characteristics of understory saplings of three codominant conifers in a subalpine forest in central Japan. Tree Physiology 24:661-670.

Mori A, Takeda H. (2004). Effects of mixedwood canopies on conifer advance regeneration in a subalpine old-growth forest in central Japan. Écoscience 11:36-44.

Osono T, Mori A. (2004). Distribution of phyllosphere fungi within the canopy of Swida controversa. Mycoscience 45:161-168.

Osada N, Tateno R, Mori A, Takeda H. (2004). Changes in crown development patterns and current-year shoot structure with light environments and tree height in Fagus crenata (Fagaceae). American Journal of Botany 91:1981-1989.

2003

Mori A, Takeda H. (2003). Light-related competitive effects of overstory trees on the understory conifer saplings in a subalpine forest. Journal of Forest Research 8:163-169.

Mori A, Takeda H. (2003). Architecture and neighborhood competition of understorey saplings in a subalpine forest in central Japan. Écoscience 10:217-224.

Osono T, Mori A. (2003). Colonization of Japanese beech leaves by phyllosphere fungi. Mycoscience 44: 427-441.