Hiroshi Tomimatsu
@hrstm.bsky.social
Plant ecologist🍃 Forest plants, Bamboos, Population ecology, Mycorrhizae. Editor-in-Chief @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social
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Interesting new study on how Sunda leopard cats adapt to fragmentation of their habitat by oil palm and the importance of management practices that mitigate risks and enhance habitat connectivity to ensure their long-term survival.
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Prowling through palm: Exploring spatial patterns of male Sunda leopard cats across two oil palm plantations in Kinabatangan, Sabah
Industrial oil palm plantations threaten biodiversity in Southeast Asia, yet some native species are highly adaptable within these environments. Our study tracked four male leopard cats (Prionailurus...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Interesting new study on how Sunda leopard cats adapt to fragmentation of their habitat by oil palm and the importance of management practices that mitigate risks and enhance habitat connectivity to ensure their long-term survival.
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🦌Ever wondered how deer survive in deep snow? ❄️Akamatsu et al. in @EcologicalRes uncover the ways deer flexibly forage diverse plants during harsh winters. The authors used mountain skiing to track feeding marks! esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Overwintering foraging tactics of sedentary sika deer in a region prone to heavy snow in northern Japan
We present the overwintering foraging tactics adopted by the sika deer recently established in a heavy snowfall region of northern Japan. We found that sedentary deer adopted risk-averse foraging by ...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🦌Ever wondered how deer survive in deep snow? ❄️Akamatsu et al. in @EcologicalRes uncover the ways deer flexibly forage diverse plants during harsh winters. The authors used mountain skiing to track feeding marks! esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A unique review by Ojima et al. in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social takes a community ecology approach to the development of infant gut microbiome. They explore how dispersal, drift, selection, and diversitification influence the establishment of bifidobacteria. doi.org/10.1111/1440...
Ecological insights into the assembly of bifidobacterial communities in the infant gut
Ecological processes influence the assembly of bifidobacterial communities in the infant gut. Dispersal from maternal body sites, family members, and shared environments introduces bifidobacteria. Ec...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A unique review by Ojima et al. in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social takes a community ecology approach to the development of infant gut microbiome. They explore how dispersal, drift, selection, and diversitification influence the establishment of bifidobacteria. doi.org/10.1111/1440...
🌱📅New study by Wakai et al. @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social digitizes Japan's crop calendars (grains/veggies/fruits). Essential data for understanding agroecosystems in the context of climate change. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Construction of digital databases of crop‐growing calendars for Japanese crops
This study digitized the Japanese government's paper-based statistical data on crop-growing calendars, creating a comprehensive database. The target crops encompassed a cumulative total of 157 differ....
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March 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🌱📅New study by Wakai et al. @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social digitizes Japan's crop calendars (grains/veggies/fruits). Essential data for understanding agroecosystems in the context of climate change. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📚 Many young researchers joined our workshop on academic publishing in ecology at #ESJ2025 in snowy Sapporo❄️ I wish they gained many insights from journal editors and hope their future papers will be published successfully!
March 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
📚 Many young researchers joined our workshop on academic publishing in ecology at #ESJ2025 in snowy Sapporo❄️ I wish they gained many insights from journal editors and hope their future papers will be published successfully!
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We were honored to celebrate with our Awardees at the ceremony. Congratulations to all!👏
From left to right: Hiroshi Tomimatsu (EiC of Ecological Research @hrstm.bsky.social ), Kohmei Kadowaki, Naoyuki Nakahama @naoyukinkhm.bsky.social, Samuel R. P.-J. Ross
#ESJ72 #ERPaperAward
From left to right: Hiroshi Tomimatsu (EiC of Ecological Research @hrstm.bsky.social ), Kohmei Kadowaki, Naoyuki Nakahama @naoyukinkhm.bsky.social, Samuel R. P.-J. Ross
#ESJ72 #ERPaperAward
March 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We were honored to celebrate with our Awardees at the ceremony. Congratulations to all!👏
From left to right: Hiroshi Tomimatsu (EiC of Ecological Research @hrstm.bsky.social ), Kohmei Kadowaki, Naoyuki Nakahama @naoyukinkhm.bsky.social, Samuel R. P.-J. Ross
#ESJ72 #ERPaperAward
From left to right: Hiroshi Tomimatsu (EiC of Ecological Research @hrstm.bsky.social ), Kohmei Kadowaki, Naoyuki Nakahama @naoyukinkhm.bsky.social, Samuel R. P.-J. Ross
#ESJ72 #ERPaperAward
Soil microbes are key to predict ecosystem responses. A new study by Orita et al. @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social showed soil C & N affect microbial biomass and composition across Japan🦠. Temperature, soil pH, plant traits also play roles. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Abiotic factors and plant traits affect the soil microbial properties in forests across the Japanese archipelago
We examined how abiotic factors and plant traits affect soil microbial properties in 18 forests across the Japanese archipelago. Our results showed that, in addition to abiotic factors, plant leaf tr...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Soil microbes are key to predict ecosystem responses. A new study by Orita et al. @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social showed soil C & N affect microbial biomass and composition across Japan🦠. Temperature, soil pH, plant traits also play roles. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Mature beech trees redistribute soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand #transpiration, from deeper moist #soils to dry surface soils, where seedlings of different #tree species take it up. New #hydraulicredistribution paper with TUM & BoKu Ecophys groups: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Redistribution of soil water by mature trees towards dry surface soils and uptake by seedlings in a temperate forest
Mature beech trees redistributed soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand transpiration, from deeper moist soils to dry surface soils, where it was taken up by seedlings of different tree species.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Mature beech trees redistribute soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand #transpiration, from deeper moist #soils to dry surface soils, where seedlings of different #tree species take it up. New #hydraulicredistribution paper with TUM & BoKu Ecophys groups: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
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An analysis of forest plant traits from across the tropical Americas suggests that forests are not changing fast enough to keep up with #ClimateChange.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3QLYhyc
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3QLYhyc
March 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
An analysis of forest plant traits from across the tropical Americas suggests that forests are not changing fast enough to keep up with #ClimateChange.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3QLYhyc
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3QLYhyc
Get ready for our May issue of @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social!🌟It features a special collection of research on ecosystem responses to air pollution, including long-term studies from Japan and Norway. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Ecosystem responses and behaviors under changing pressure of air pollutants: Special article collection from the 10th International Conference on Acid Deposition “ACID RAIN 2020”
This special issue is a partial compilation of research papers from “ACID RAIN 2020” conference held in Niigata in April 2023, focusing on ecosystem responses to air pollution. The Acid Rain Conferen...
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March 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Get ready for our May issue of @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social!🌟It features a special collection of research on ecosystem responses to air pollution, including long-term studies from Japan and Norway. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Unveiling the hidden partnerships of rare orchids: A journey into symbiotic mysteries
Kenji Suetsugu discusses symbiotic relationships between #orchids & #mycorrhizal #fungi, & highlights the need to combine multiple techniques to unveil nature's secrets
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Kenji Suetsugu discusses symbiotic relationships between #orchids & #mycorrhizal #fungi, & highlights the need to combine multiple techniques to unveil nature's secrets
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Unveiling the Hidden Partnerships of Rare Orchids: A Journey into Symbiotic Mysteries
In our new post Kenji Suetsugu, professor at Kobe University (Japan), presents his work ‘Mycorrhizal specialization toward each distinct Oliveonia fungus in two closely related photosynthetic Dacty…
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Unveiling the hidden partnerships of rare orchids: A journey into symbiotic mysteries
Kenji Suetsugu discusses symbiotic relationships between #orchids & #mycorrhizal #fungi, & highlights the need to combine multiple techniques to unveil nature's secrets
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functionalecologists.com/2025/03/04/u...
Kenji Suetsugu discusses symbiotic relationships between #orchids & #mycorrhizal #fungi, & highlights the need to combine multiple techniques to unveil nature's secrets
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New @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social study by Siqueira et al.
finds frog🐸taxonomic & functional diversity decline with elevation.🏔️High species turnover emphasizes the need to conserve entire mountain habitats, as montane species may be vulnerable. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
finds frog🐸taxonomic & functional diversity decline with elevation.🏔️High species turnover emphasizes the need to conserve entire mountain habitats, as montane species may be vulnerable. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Effects of elevation on taxonomic and functional diversity of frog communities in a tropical forest
Elevation negatively affects taxonomic and functional diversity of frogs in a tropical forest. There is a significant influence of elevation on taxonomic and functional dissimilarity values. Taxonomi...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social study by Siqueira et al.
finds frog🐸taxonomic & functional diversity decline with elevation.🏔️High species turnover emphasizes the need to conserve entire mountain habitats, as montane species may be vulnerable. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
finds frog🐸taxonomic & functional diversity decline with elevation.🏔️High species turnover emphasizes the need to conserve entire mountain habitats, as montane species may be vulnerable. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Thanks to @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social for the award! This was a truly collaborative work with Ieva Bebre and Hannes Riebl as part of @enricounigoe.bsky.social, and I’m happy to have it recognized.
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Congratulations for winning the 2024 Ecological Research Paper Award!
Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning-derived metric: A case study
Scott M. Appleby @elfledermaus.bsky.social et al
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Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning-derived metric: A case study
Scott M. Appleby @elfledermaus.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
#ERPaperAward
Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning‐derived metric: A case study
We explored the use of a mobile laser scanning derived understory complexity measure—understory roughness—to predict the capture probability of two representative small mammal species, the yellow-nec...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Thanks to @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social for the award! This was a truly collaborative work with Ieva Bebre and Hannes Riebl as part of @enricounigoe.bsky.social, and I’m happy to have it recognized.
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🏆2024 Ecological Research Paper Award (25th)🏆
Of the papers published in Vol.39, six articles have been chosen by editorial board members as "excellent papers".
Congratulations to the authors of the Award-winning articles!👏
Check out our website and jump to the articles!
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February 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🏆2024 Ecological Research Paper Award (25th)🏆
Of the papers published in Vol.39, six articles have been chosen by editorial board members as "excellent papers".
Congratulations to the authors of the Award-winning articles!👏
Check out our website and jump to the articles!
☞ esj.ne.jp/er/
Protecting intact forests & managing young mangroves is key to reducing C emissions. 🌿🌍 A new @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social study assesses carbon stock, losses & emissions from mangrove conversion in Malaysia. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Deforestation, emissions, and carbon sequestration potential of Merlimau mangrove forest: A landscape‐level analysis
Clear-cutting mangroves results in significant losses of total ecosystem carbon stocks, with the severity depending on various factors. Our study identifies a critical deforestation threshold of 75%,...
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February 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Protecting intact forests & managing young mangroves is key to reducing C emissions. 🌿🌍 A new @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social study assesses carbon stock, losses & emissions from mangrove conversion in Malaysia. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Effective wildlife management starts with reliable data🦆 A new article in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social primarily estimates the breeding population of 25 common waterbird species, while it also offers valuable records of rare and exotic birds in European France. doi.org/10.1111/1440...
Abundance and reproduction behavior data for waterbirds (Anatidae, Rallidae, Charadriiforms, Podicipediforms) breeding in European France based on a probability sampling design
In this paper, we provide the dataset issued from field surveys of 2428 grid cells of 500 m × 500 m in French wetlands during springs 2021 and 2022. Such cells resulted from a stratified two-stage sa...
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February 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Effective wildlife management starts with reliable data🦆 A new article in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social primarily estimates the breeding population of 25 common waterbird species, while it also offers valuable records of rare and exotic birds in European France. doi.org/10.1111/1440...
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Fungal fairy rings: history, ecology, dynamics and engineering functions
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Fungal fairy rings: history, ecology, dynamics and engineering functions
Fungal fairy rings (FFR) are fascinating natural phenomena that have intrigued people and scientists for centuries. These patterns, often represented by circular distributions of altered vegetation, a...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Fungal fairy rings: history, ecology, dynamics and engineering functions
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Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
New paper with my former student, who is captivated by moles, is out
@ecologicalresearch.bsky.social. We (mostly him🙂) searched for mole tunnels while trekking along mountain trails and estimated their relative population density. It's not something that can be done easily! doi.org/10.1111/1440...
@ecologicalresearch.bsky.social. We (mostly him🙂) searched for mole tunnels while trekking along mountain trails and estimated their relative population density. It's not something that can be done easily! doi.org/10.1111/1440...
Quantifying relative abundance of the lesser Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) in mountain forests: A comparison between natural broad‐leaved forests and conifer plantations
Only a few studies on moles have focused on mountain forests, where assessing abundance is complicated by thick layers of plant leaf litter and complex topography. By carefully searching for active m....
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February 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
New paper with my former student, who is captivated by moles, is out
@ecologicalresearch.bsky.social. We (mostly him🙂) searched for mole tunnels while trekking along mountain trails and estimated their relative population density. It's not something that can be done easily! doi.org/10.1111/1440...
@ecologicalresearch.bsky.social. We (mostly him🙂) searched for mole tunnels while trekking along mountain trails and estimated their relative population density. It's not something that can be done easily! doi.org/10.1111/1440...
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Preprint alert!🚨 You want biomass data without clipping the vegetation? Use your smartphone for a 3D scan! In our manuscript you get instructions & a complete Jupyter notebook for immediate use! doi.org/10.32942/X2T... 🪴+📱=💚 #biodiversity #ecology #globalchange #photogrammetry
December 7, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Preprint alert!🚨 You want biomass data without clipping the vegetation? Use your smartphone for a 3D scan! In our manuscript you get instructions & a complete Jupyter notebook for immediate use! doi.org/10.32942/X2T... 🪴+📱=💚 #biodiversity #ecology #globalchange #photogrammetry
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新しい論文が出ました！
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing forest bird distribution and identifying conservationally important areas in a subtropical forest landscape - Inoue - Ecological Research - Wiley Online Library
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing forest bird distribution and identifying conservationally important areas in a subtropical forest landscape
We conducted PAM in the subtropical forest landscape of the Amami-Oshima Island, Japan, which harbors more than a hundred endangered and/or endemic species. Our results suggest that the combination o...
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January 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
新しい論文が出ました！
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing forest bird distribution and identifying conservationally important areas in a subtropical forest landscape - Inoue - Ecological Research - Wiley Online Library
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
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#OpenAccess
Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing
Yoichi Tsuzuki, Haruna Ohsaki, Yawako W. Kawaguchi et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
awareness of local governments/ biocultural diversity/ ecosystem services/ manual web scraping/ temporal trend
Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing
Yoichi Tsuzuki, Haruna Ohsaki, Yawako W. Kawaguchi et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
awareness of local governments/ biocultural diversity/ ecosystem services/ manual web scraping/ temporal trend
Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing
In this study, we examined how city governments in Japan assess their local biota and their services. The groundbreaking point of our study was the use of “city flowers,” which are the official symbo....
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January 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#OpenAccess
Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing
Yoichi Tsuzuki, Haruna Ohsaki, Yawako W. Kawaguchi et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
awareness of local governments/ biocultural diversity/ ecosystem services/ manual web scraping/ temporal trend
Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing
Yoichi Tsuzuki, Haruna Ohsaki, Yawako W. Kawaguchi et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440...
awareness of local governments/ biocultural diversity/ ecosystem services/ manual web scraping/ temporal trend
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Check out our new paper using our database and pipeline to uncover novel diversity in AMF! As always, made possible by an amazing team effort ✨
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Uncovering Diversity within the Glomeromycota: Novel Clades, Family Distributions, and Land Use Sensitivity
Using a recently developed pipeline for phylogenetic placement of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) with samples across sites in Alaska, Kansas, and Brazil, we find evidence for three putative novel...
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January 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Check out our new paper using our database and pipeline to uncover novel diversity in AMF! As always, made possible by an amazing team effort ✨
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Data paper of the #JaLTER's soil EcoPlate Project is out! I joined!
Nakamura et al. 2024. Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan. Ecol Res. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nakamura et al. 2024. Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan. Ecol Res. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan
In this data paper, we present the largest freely available EcoPlate dataset for Japan, comprising data collected from a network of 74 natural planted sites (114 plots) in regions of East Asia rangin....
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December 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Data paper of the #JaLTER's soil EcoPlate Project is out! I joined!
Nakamura et al. 2024. Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan. Ecol Res. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nakamura et al. 2024. Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan. Ecol Res. esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...