Munemitsu Akasaka
muuakasaka.bsky.social
Munemitsu Akasaka
@muuakasaka.bsky.social
Conservation scientist@TUAT(Tokyo Univ of Agri & Tech)🇯🇵. Behavior change & spatial planning for Invasive species, threatened species, Biodiversity conservation in general. Also plant ecologist
Reposted by Munemitsu Akasaka
Very excited to see this hugely important paper finally out!
Led by @s-y-baek.bsky.social with @muuakasaka.bsky.social and Shinsuke Koike at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
See the thread below for more details and his beautiful figures. (1/5)
#rewilding #restoration
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🌳 How long do trees really live?
Our new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals that Japanese trees can have a potential lifespan of ~400 years, but most live only ~80 years. Huge congrats to first author Yuta Kobayashi for this fascinating work! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climatic differences among habitats shape the balance between maximum lifespan and life expectancy in Japanese tree species - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Using Japanese forest census data, the authors define potential maximum lifespan and life expectancy for 53 tree species, finding that life expectancy is more sensitive to habitat-associated gradients...
www.nature.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reposted by Munemitsu Akasaka
The importance of mentoring at postdoctoral level is jumping out at me- would love to see more exploration of this. Lots to unpick. PhD students, think about these data. 🧪
The early-career success of academic researchers is better predicted by their publication record during their postdoctoral years than by where they obtained their PhD, according to a study of 45,572 academic careers worldwide. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM