Division：Tropical Bisphere Reserach Center, University of the Ryukyus
Main Research: Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
Project Title：Environment conservation and its effects on ecosystems
Research Theme：
- Environment conservation and its effects on the forest ecosystem of the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve in northeast Thailand
References：
- Akinori Yamada, Tetsushi Inoue, Decha Wiwatwitaya, Moriya Ohkuma (2007) A new concept of the feeding group composition of termites in tropical ecosystems: carbon source competitions among fungus-growing termites, soil-feeding termites, litter-layer microbes, and fire. Sociobiology 50: 135-153
- Akinori Yamada, Tetsushi Inoue, Decha Wiwatwitaya, Moriya Ohkuma, Toshiaki Kudo, Takuya Abe, Atsuko Sugimoto (2005) Carbon mineralization by termites in tropical forests, with emphasis on fungus-combs. Ecological Research 20: 453-460
2007 G-COE Research Outcome
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2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
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2009 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Yamada, A., Saitoh, S., Tokuda, G., Fujii, S., Endo, N., Ueshima, E., Tawa, Y., Miyagi, M., Makiya, H., Shinzato, N., Lee, C.-Y. and Tsunoda, K., 2010, Genetic Diversity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Relation to the Distribution of Staphylinid Termitophiles, Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group, Singapore, 89–94.
- Boonriam, W., Yamada, A., Saitoh ,S., Hasin, S., Wiwatwitaya, D., Artchawakom, T., Thanee, N., 2010, How Much Area Is Foraged by Termites in Tropical Forests?, Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group, Singapore,154–158.
List of Academic Presentations during 2009:
- Yamada, A., 2010, Abundance and biomass of termites and their role in the decomposition processes in dry evergreen and dry dipterocarp forests, The 1st Sakaerat Researchers' meeting, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (Thailand)
- Yamada, A., 2010, Termites and carbon cycling，Symposium「Effects of ants and termites in ecosystem process and biodiversity」，The 57th meeting of the Ecology Society of Japan，The university of Tokyo, Tokyo
- Yamada, A., Saitoh, S., Tokuda, G., Fujii, S., Endo, N., Ueshima, E., Tawa, Y., Miyagi, M., Makiya, H., Shinzato, N., Lee, C.-Y. and Tsunoda, K., 2010, Genetic Diversity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Relation to the Distribution of Staphylinid Termitophile, The Seventh Conference of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group, Singapore.
2010 G-COE Research Outcome:
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2011 G-COE Research Outcome:
List of Academic Presentations during 2011:
- Yamada, A. (2011) A contribution of termites to carbon cycling in tropical forests. International Symposium on Digestive Systems in Termites（Symposium：International Symposium on Digestive Systems in Termites），2011/10/6-10，University of the Ryukyus