MASUMI HISANO, Ph.D.

Email: mhisano(@)lakeheadu.ca

- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
​Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
​The University of Tokyo
Funded by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Host: Dr. Masashi Soga (Laboratory of Conservation Ecology)​

I am aiming for comprehensive understanding of biodiversity and terrestrial ecosystems by taking approaches of forest ecology and wildlife biology.

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RESEARCH INTEREST

FOREST ECOLOGY
Topic: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under global environmental change​s
Keywords: climate change, boreal forest, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (B-EF), growth, mortality, net biomass change.

Western boreal forest of Canada

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY
Topic: Food habits of carnivores (e.g., stone marten, Japanese marten, red fox)
​Keywords: diet, faecal analysis, stomach content, geographical variations, frugivory, urban adaptation, Bulgaria.

Award Paper (open access)

"Diversity of Canivora in East Europe and Japan" (Masuda & Kaneko, Eds.)

Stone martens in Bulgaria (National Museum of Natural History, Sofia / Trakia University, Stara Zagora)