Hiroko Kurokawa

8.8k total citations
48 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Hiroko Kurokawa is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroko Kurokawa has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Hiroko Kurokawa's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Forest ecology and management (9 papers). Hiroko Kurokawa is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Forest ecology and management (9 papers). Hiroko Kurokawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Finland. Hiroko Kurokawa's co-authors include Tohru Nakashizuka, Duane A. Peltzer, David A. Wardle, Tanaka Kenta, Masatoshi Katabuchi, Masahiro Aiba, Qingwei Wang, T. Matthew Robson, Lawrence R. Walker and Peter J. Bellingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Hiroko Kurokawa

45 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hiroko Kurokawa Japan 20 706 379 345 315 291 48 1.1k
Rubens Manoel dos Santos Brazil 22 901 1.3× 426 1.1× 562 1.6× 250 0.8× 308 1.1× 124 1.5k
Stefano Chelli Italy 18 697 1.0× 405 1.1× 296 0.9× 336 1.1× 219 0.8× 45 1.1k
Sabine Both United Kingdom 19 592 0.8× 385 1.0× 306 0.9× 321 1.0× 292 1.0× 28 1.1k
Fernanda Vendramini Argentina 6 745 1.1× 333 0.9× 372 1.1× 355 1.1× 330 1.1× 8 1.1k
Heike Culmsee Germany 20 660 0.9× 385 1.0× 368 1.1× 330 1.0× 283 1.0× 35 1.2k
Enrique G. de la Riva Spain 18 701 1.0× 408 1.1× 346 1.0× 396 1.3× 173 0.6× 42 1.1k
Wenzel Kröber Germany 16 552 0.8× 280 0.7× 332 1.0× 235 0.7× 168 0.6× 19 831
Jiangshan Lai China 13 613 0.9× 383 1.0× 256 0.7× 157 0.5× 256 0.9× 27 1.1k
Sa Xiao China 21 779 1.1× 257 0.7× 556 1.6× 511 1.6× 347 1.2× 73 1.3k
Oriol Grau Spain 19 500 0.7× 315 0.8× 340 1.0× 428 1.4× 295 1.0× 39 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Hiroko Kurokawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hiroko Kurokawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroko Kurokawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hiroko Kurokawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hiroko Kurokawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hiroko Kurokawa. Hiroko Kurokawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lu, Chang, Jiaojiao Deng, Juanjuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Sunlight promotes aboveground carbon loss by producing polysaccharides from litter decomposition in a temperate forest. Journal of Forestry Research. 36(1).
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Nakashizuka, Tohru, et al.. (2024). Impacts of climate change on forest restoration dynamics in the lower montane forest of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Northern Thailand. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 25(12). 1 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Takuya, Michio Oguro, Hisatomo Taki, & Hiroko Kurokawa. (2023). Decomposability of leaf and wood litter are not correlated across species: effects of litter traits on decomposition in field and laboratory conditions. Oikos. 2024(1). 2 indexed citations
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Nagai, Shin, Taku M. Saitoh, Yayoi Takeuchi, et al.. (2022). Review: Monitoring of land cover changes and plant phenology by remote‐sensing in East Asia. Ecological Research. 38(1). 111–133. 9 indexed citations
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Han, Qingmin, Kaoru Kitajima, Hiroko Kurokawa, et al.. (2022). Resource allocation strategies in the reproductive organs of Fagaceae species. Ecological Research. 38(2). 306–316. 6 indexed citations
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Kurokawa, Hiroko, Michio Oguro, Masahiro Aiba, et al.. (2022). Plant characteristics drive ontogenetic changes in herbivory damage in a temperate forest. Journal of Ecology. 110(11). 2772–2784. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingwei, T. Matthew Robson, Marta Pieristè, et al.. (2022). Canopy structure and phenology modulate the impacts of solar radiation on C and N dynamics during litter decomposition in a temperate forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 820. 153185–153185. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingwei, Chenggang Liu, T. Matthew Robson, Kouki Hikosaka, & Hiroko Kurokawa. (2021). Leaf density and chemical composition explain variation in leaf mass area with spectral composition among 11 widespread forbs in a common garden. Physiologia Plantarum. 173(3). 698–708. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingwei, Marta Pieristè, Chenggang Liu, et al.. (2020). The contribution of photodegradation to litter decomposition in a temperate forest gap and understorey. New Phytologist. 229(5). 2625–2636. 51 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingwei, T. Matthew Robson, Marta Pieristè, et al.. (2020). Testing trait plasticity over the range of spectral composition of sunlight in forb species differing in shade tolerance. Journal of Ecology. 108(5). 1923–1940. 23 indexed citations
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Toju, Hirokazu, Hiroko Kurokawa, & Tanaka Kenta. (2019). Factors Influencing Leaf- and Root-Associated Communities of Bacteria and Fungi Across 33 Plant Orders in a Grassland. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 241–241. 54 indexed citations
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Haga, Chihiro, Shizuka Hashimoto, Hiroko Kurokawa, et al.. (2018). Simulation of natural capital and ecosystem services in a watershed in Northern Japan focusing on the future underuse of nature: by linking forest landscape model and social scenarios. Sustainability Science. 14(1). 89–106. 14 indexed citations
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Marod, Dokrak, Prateep Duengkae, Hiroko Kurokawa, et al.. (2013). Relationships between functional traits and the ability of forest tree species to reestablish in secondary forest and enrichment plantations in the uplands of northern Thailand. Forest Ecology and Management. 296. 9–23. 29 indexed citations
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Shibata, Mitsue, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shigeo Iida, et al.. (2013). Interspecific variation in the size‐dependent resprouting ability of temperate woody species and its adaptive significance. Journal of Ecology. 102(1). 209–220. 27 indexed citations
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Freschet, Grégoire T., André T. C. Dias, David D. Ackerly, et al.. (2011). Global to community scale differences in the prevalence of convergent over divergent leaf trait distributions in plant assemblages. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 20(5). 755–765. 104 indexed citations
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Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Hiroko Kurokawa, Stuart J. Davies, Sylvester Tan, & Tohru Nakashizuka. (2011). Soil resource availability shapes community trait structure in a species‐rich dipterocarp forest. Journal of Ecology. 100(3). 643–651. 83 indexed citations
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Kurokawa, Hiroko, et al.. (2004). Allocation to defense or growth in dipterocarp forest seedlings in Borneo. Oecologia. 140(4). 692–692. 4 indexed citations

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