Buntarou Kusumoto

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Affiliation: Kyushu University

Degree: 博士（農学）(Mar, 2011 九州大学)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201701006025995057

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Feb, 2021 - Present

Kyushu University Faculty of Agriculture Assistant Professor
Apr, 2020 - Jan, 2021

University of the Ryukyus Academic Museum (Fujukan) Collaborative researcher
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2020

University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science Postdoc Researcher
Dec, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Biodiversity Informatics & Spatial Analysis Visiting Researcher
Jun, 2015 - Mar, 2018

University of the Ryukyus Center for Strategic Research Project Project Assistant Professor
Mar, 2015 - May, 2015

University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science Postdoc Researcher
Sep, 2014 - Mar, 2015

Institute of Statistical Mathematics Risk Analysis Research Center Project Assistant Professor
Apr, 2012 - Aug, 2014

University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science Project Researcher
Oct, 2011 - Aug, 2014

University of the Ryukyus University Education Center Part-time lecturer
Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2012

University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science JSPS Fellow PD
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2011

Graduate school of Bioresource & Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University JSPS Fellow DC2
Oct, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Graduate school of Bioresource & Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University Super Research Assistant for GCOE
Apr, 2009 - Sep, 2009

Graduate school of Bioresource & Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University Research assistant

Education

Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2011

Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences Forest Resource Science (PhD)
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2008

Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences Forest Resource Science (Master)
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2006

University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Agricuture Production and Environment

Awards

Mar, 2018

Ecological Society of Japan Ecological Research Award

Kusumoto Buntarou
Mar, 2014

Ecological Society of Japan Ecological Research Award

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Mar, 2011

Graduate school of Bioresource & Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University Bioresource & Bioenvironmental Science Award

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Mar, 2010

Ecological Society of Japan Best Poster Award

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Papers

Biogeographical origin effects on exotic plants colonization in the insular flora of Japan

Buntarou Kusumoto, Yasuhiro Kubota, Takayuki Shiono, Fabricio Villalobos

Biological Invasions May 9, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Latitudinal gradients and scaling regions in trait space: Taylor’s power law in Japanese woody plants

Werner Ulrich, Buntarou Kusumoto, Takayuki Shiono, Yasuhiro Kubota

Global Ecology and Biogeography Mar 23, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Community dissimilarity of angiosperm trees reveals deep‐time diversification across tropical and temperate forests

Buntarou Kusumoto, Yasuhiro Kubota, Andrés Baselga, Carola Gómez‐Rodríguez, Thomas J. Matthews, Daniel J. Murphy, Takayuki Shiono

Journal of Vegetation Science Mar 18, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
Multiple drivers of the COVID-19 spread: The roles of climate, international mobility, and region-specific conditions

Yasuhiro Kubota, Takayuki Shiono, Buntarou Kusumoto, Junichi Fujinuma

PLOS ONE 15(9) e0239385 - e0239385 Sep 23, 2020
Seed size and weight of 129 tree species in Japan

Megumi K. Kimura, Inoue Mizuki, Ryoma Kawamura, Misato Koike, Ryo Furumoto, Buntarou Kusumoto, Akinori Fuji, Yasuhiro Kubota, Tsutomu Enoki

Ecological Research Aug 21, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Plant dispersal strategies of high tropical alpine communities across the Andes

Carolina Tovar, Inga Melcher, Buntarou Kusumoto, Francisco Cuesta, Antoine Cleef, Rosa Isela Meneses, Stephan Halloy, Luis Daniel Llambí, Stephan Beck, Priscilla Muriel, Ricardo Jaramillo, Jorge Jácome, Julieta Carilla

Journal of Ecology Jun 23, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Past and future decline of tropical pelagic biodiversity.

Moriaki Yasuhara, Chih-Lin Wei, Michal Kucera, Mark J Costello, Derek P Tittensor, Wolfgang Kiessling, Timothy C Bonebrake, Clay R Tabor, Ran Feng, Andrés Baselga, Kerstin Kretschmer, Buntarou Kusumoto, Yasuhiro Kubota

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117(23) 12891 - 12896 Jun 9, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Factors influencing the precision of species richness estimation in Japanese vascular plants

Werner Ulrich, Buntarou Kusumoto, Simone Fattorini, Yasuhiro Kubota

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 26(6) 769 - 778 Jun, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Ethnobotany-informed trait ecology: measuring vulnerability of timber provisioning services across forest biomes in Japan

Buntarou Kusumoto, Takayuki Shiono, Yasuhiro Kubota

Biodiversity and Conservation 29(7) 2297 - 2310 Jun 1, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Towards strengthening plant ex-situ conservation in Japan

70 105 - 111 Apr, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Integrating multiple sources of ecological data to unveil macroscale species abundance

K. Fukaya, B. Kusumoto, T. Shiono, J. Fujinuma, Y. Kubota

Nature Communications 11 1695 Apr, 2020 Peer-reviewed
The influence of ecological traits and environmental factors on the co‐occurrence patterns of birds on islands worldwide

Eri Sato, Buntarou Kusumoto, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Yasuhiro Kubota, Masashi Murakami

Ecological Research 35(2) 394 - 404 Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Global distribution of coral diversity: Biodiversity knowledge gradients related to spatial resolution

Buntarou Kusumoto, Mark J. Costello, Yasuhiro Kubota, Takayuki Shiono, Chi‐Lin Wei, Moriaki Yasuhara, Anne Chao

Ecological Research 35(2) 315 - 326 Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages

Anne Chao, Yasuhiro Kubota, David Zelený, Chun‐Huo Chiu, Ching‐Feng Li, Buntarou Kusumoto, Moriaki Yasuhara, Simon Thorn, Chih‐Lin Wei, Mark J. Costello, Robert K. Colwell

Ecological Research 35(2) 292 - 314 Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Approaches for general rules of biodiversity patterns in space and time

Yasuhiro Kubota, Buntarou Kusumoto

Ecological Research 35(2) 289 - 291 Mar 1, 2020 Peer-reviewedLast author
The climatic challenge: Which plants will people use in the next century?

J.S. Borrell, S. Dodsworth, F. Forest, O.A. Pérez-Escobar, M.A. Lee, E. Mattana, P.C. Stevenson, M.-J.R. Howes, H.W. Pritchard, D. Ballesteros, B. Kusumoto, I. Ondo, J. Moat, W. Milliken, P. Ryan, T. Ulian, S. Pironon

Environmental and Experimental Botany 170 103872 - 103872 Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Sampling bias correction in species distribution models by quasi-linear Poisson point process

Osamu Komori, Shinto Eguchi, Yusuke Saigusa, Buntarou Kusumoto, Yasuhiro Kubota

Ecological Informatics 55 Jan, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Protocol for developing local biodiversity strategy and conservation action plan

Yasuhiro Kubota, Buntarou Kusumoto, Junichi Fujinuma, Takayuki Shiono, Ryo Suzuki, Arata Fukuhima, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Ko Miyara

Japanese Journal of Ecology 69(3) 239 - 250 Dec, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Reconciling Darwin’s naturalization and pre‐adaptation hypotheses: An inference from phylogenetic fields of exotic plants in Japan

Buntarou Kusumoto, Fabricio Villalobos, Takayuki Shiono, Yasuhiro Kubota

Journal of Biogeography 46(11) 2597 - 2608 Nov, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
Species‐specific clonality in east Asian island flora: Phylogenetic and environmental constraints

Junichi Fujinuma, Buntarou Kusumoto, Takayuki Shiono, Yasuhiro Kubota

Ecological Research 34(5) 577 - 586 Sep, 2019 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

The forest comparison approach based on the patches

Oda Makiko, Kubota Yasuhiro, Kusumoto Buntarou, Masaki Takashi, Ishioka Fumio, Kurihara Koji

The Japanese Forest Society Congress 127 100 - 100 2016
スキャン統計量を利用した森林帯の評価

小田牧子, 久保田康裕, 楠本聞太郎, 石岡文生, 栗原考次

日本計算機統計学会大会論文集 29 113 - 114 2015
空間的視点からの森林構造の表現と比較(セッション7B 一般セッション)

小田牧子, 久保田康裕, 楠本聞太郎, 石岡文生, 栗原考次

日本計算機統計学会シンポジウム論文集 28 273 - 274 2014
Forest management study based on community ecology

Kusumoto Buntarou, Shiono Takayuki, Kubota Yasuhiro

The Japanese Forest Society Congress 125 124 - 124 2014

Books and Other Publications

森林学の百科事典

日本森林学会

丸善出版 Jan, 2021 (ISBN: 9784621305843)
Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models: With Applications in R

(Role: Joint translator)(Original Author(s): Guisan, Antoine, Thuiller, Wilfried, Zimmermann,Niklaus E)

Feb, 2020 (ISBN: 9784320057906)

Presentations

Conservation assessment card: decision support tool for land-use planning in Japan

Fujinuma, J, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Suzuki, R, Kubota, Y

British Ecological Society 2019 Annual Meeting Dec 12, 2019
Environmental filters act differently for exotic plant species from different origins: a case study of Japan

British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
Beta diversity of vascular plants in east Asian tropics and temperate insular biotas: conservation perspectives of highly endemic Philippine flora

Fujinuma, J, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Yap, S.L, Hu, J-M, Pelser, P, Alejado, M.D, Amoroso, V.B, Balangcod, T.D, Banag, C.I, Barcelona, J.F, Calaramo, M.A, Coritico, F.P, Evangelista, L.T, Medecilo, M.M.P, Geraldino, P.J.L, Hadsall, A.S, Tangdang, D.N, Zamudio, S.G.S, Kubota, Y

Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society, Inc. 5th International Symposium 2019 Invited
Mapping potential diversity of woody plants scale using diversity estimation approach with a global occurrence data

Buntaro Kusumoto, Takayuki Shiono, Anne Chao, Wolf Eiserhardt, Yasuhiro Kubota

The 62nd IAVS Annual Symposium
Beta diversity of woody plants in east Asian tropics and temperate insular biotas: The roles of geohistorical and ecological processes throughout the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan

Fujinuma, J, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Yap, S.L, Hu, J-M, Pelser, P.B, Alejado, M.D, Amoroso, V.B, Balangcod, T.D, Banag, C.I, Barcelona, J.F, Calaramo, M.A, Coritico, F.P, Evangelista, L.T, Medecilo, M.M.P, Geraldino, P.J.L, Hadsall, A.S, Tangdang, D.N. Zamudio, S.G.S, Kubota, Y

56th Annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Aug 3, 2019
Global patterns of woody plants height: combining analysis of forest plots data and species functional traits

Kubota, Y, Shiono, T, Kusumoto, B

The 62nd IAVS Annual Symposium Jul 15, 2019
A challenge to plant biodiversity shortfalls in Malesian region: databasing species occurrences and functional traits

Fujinuma, J, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Kubota, Y

11th Flora Malesiana Symposium Jul, 2019
Overviewing ex-situ conservation for plants in Japan

Buntarou Kusumoto

Symposium on Conservation of plant diversity in the East Asian islands: toward strengthen the effectiveness of ex-situ conservation May 13, 2019
Macroecology and systematic conservation planning with species occurrence records: from the East Asian islands to the world

Buntarou Kusumoto

Symposium on Asian Biodiversity Data and Research Jan 28, 2019 Invited
Environmental and socio-economic drivers of insufficiency and uncertainty in biodiversity estimates: a comparison of wood plant diversity among biogeographical regions

Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Chao, A, Eiserhardt, W, Fujinuma, J, Kubota, Y

The 9th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society Jan 10, 2019
Biodiversity estimates of stony coral species: regional and global-scale analysis

Buntarou Kusumoto

Biodiversity estimation in time and space: a macroecological perspective of community assembly and diversity patterns Oct 24, 2018 Invited
Biodiversity gradients of woody plants along latitude and elevation: the role of functional group-specific cold tolerance

Shiono, T, Kusumoto, B, Fujinuma, J, Nakadai, R, Kubota, Y

The 61th IAVS Annual Symposium Jul 24, 2018
Species pool properties tell historical diversification processes: species abundance, phylogenetic and functional structure of woody plants on East Asian archipelago

Kubota, Y, B. Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Fukaya, K

The 61th IAVS Annual Symposium Jul 24, 2018
Beta diversity of angiosperm tree communities: roles of climate and geography

Kusumoto, B, Nakadai, R, Shiono, T, Kubota, Y

The 61th IAVS Annual Symposium Jul 24, 2018
Global-scale assessment of forest management impacts on biodiversity patterns

Kusumoto, B, Aakala, T, Kuuluvainen, T, Shiono, T, Kubota, Y

The 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology Jun 15, 2018
Spatial conservation prioritization of plant biodiversity: how to balance between species usefulness, endangered status and endemicity

Buntarou Kusumoto

Plant biodiversity in Asia: macroecological patterns and conservation planning Mar 5, 2018 Invited
Revealing ecological advantage of plant clonality at the macroecological scale Session: Macroecological analysis and modelling of vegetation patterns

Fujinuma, J, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Kubota, Y

The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium Jun, 2017
Macro-scale species abundance distribution inferred from widespread vegetation plot data

Fukaya, K, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Fujinuma, J, Kubota, Y

The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium Jun, 2017
Phylogenetic community assembly of angiosperm trees along climatic and geographical gradients

Kubota, Y, Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Ulrich, W

The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium Jun, 2017
Combining trait-based ecology and ethnobotany: impacts of biodiversity loss on timber provisioning service

Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T, Kubota, Y

The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium Jun, 2017

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

種子の散布・生存・発芽特性を考慮した日本産樹木種の更新適地の将来予測

日本学術振興会科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(C) Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

楠本聞太郎
Economic analysis of forest ecosystem services induced by spread dynamics through the discrete optimization framework

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2022
Big-data based natural history science: training program for young researchers for the next-generation of evolutionary ecology with biodiversity informatics

Oct, 2017 - Mar, 2020
Conservation biogeography of coral reef biodiversity

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Kubota Yasuhiro
Plant biodiversity patterns on East Asian islands: hierarchical processes of community assembly in time and space

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

KUBOTA Yasuhiro
生態学的ビッグデータを基盤とした生物多様性パターンの予測と自然公園の実効力評価

環境省環境研究総合推進費 Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

久保田康裕, 楠本聞太郎, 江口真透, 小森理, 深谷肇一
亜熱帯林における群集形成プロセスの空間変異に着目した伐採インパクト評価

日本学術振興会科研費（若手B） Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

楠本聞太郎
Studies on origin and maintenance of marine biodiversity and systematic conservation planning

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers Mar, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Yasuhiro Kubota
ツル植物が森林生態系の構造と機能に果たす役割のマルチスケール評価

日本学術振興会特別研究員奨励費 Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2012

楠本聞太郎

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