Publications
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Peer-reviewed papers
45. Sasaki, T., Yoshihara, Y., Takahashi, M., Byambatsetseg, L., Futahashi, R., Nyambayar, D. & Suyama, Y. (2017) Differential responses and mechanisms of productivity following experimental species loss scenarios. Oecologia, 183, 785-795. Abstract PDF
44. Shackelford, N., Starzomski, B.M., Banning, N.C., Battaglia, L., Becker, A., Bellingham, P.J., Bestelmeyer, B., Catford, J.A., Dwyer, J.M., Dynesius, M., Gilmour, J., Hallett, L.M., Hobbs, R.J., Price, J., Sasaki, T., Tanner, E.V.J. & Standish, R.J. (2017) Isolation predicts compositional change after discrete disturbances in a global meta-study. Ecography. (in press) Abstract
43. Matsuzaki, S.S., Sasaki, T. & Akasaka, M. (2016) Invasion of exotic piscivores causes losses of functional diversity and functionally unique species in Japanese lakes. Freshwater Biology, 61, 1128-1142. Abstract
42. Yanagawa, A., Sasaki, T., Jamsran, U., Okuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2016) Factors limiting vegetation recovery processes after cessation of cropping in a semiarid grassland in Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments, 131, 1-5. Abstract
41. Siefert, A., Violle, C., Chalmandrier, L., Albert, C.H., Taudiere, A., Fajardo, A., Aarssen, L.W., Baraloto, C., Carlucci, M.B., Cianciaruso, M.V., Dantas, V.L., de Bello, F., Duarte, L.D.S., Fonseca, C.R., Freschet, G.T., Gaucherand, S., Gross, N., Hikosaka, K., Jackson, B., Jung, V., Kamiyama, C., Katabuchi, M., Kembel, S.W., Kichenin, E., Kraft, N.J.B., Lagerström, A., Bagousse-Pinguet, Y.L., Li, Y., Mason, N., Messier, J., Nakashizuka, T., Overton, J.M., Peltzer, D., Pérez-Ramos, I.M., Pillar, V.D., Prentice, H.C., Richardson, S., Sasaki, T., Schamp, B.S., Schöb, C., Shipley, B., Sundqvist, M., Sykes, M.T., Vandewalle, M. & David A. Wardle (2015) A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. Ecology Letters, 18, 1406-1419. Abstract
40. Sasaki, T.*, Furukawa, T.*, Iwasaki, Y., Seto, M. & Mori, A. (2015) Perspectives for ecosystem management based on ecosystem resilience and ecological thresholds
against multiple and stochastic disturbances. Ecological Indicators, 57, 395-408. Abstract (* equal contribution) PDF
39. Koyama, A., Sasaki, T., Jamsran, U. & Okuro, T. (2015) Shrub cover regulates population dynamics of herbaceous plants at individual-shrub scale on the Mongolian steppe. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, 441-451. Abstract
38. Kakinuma, K., Sasaki, T., Jamsran, U., Okuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2014) Relationship between pastoralists' evaluation of rangeland state and vegetation threshold changes in Mongolia rangelands. Environmental Management, 54, 888-896. Abstract
37. Kamiyama, C., Katabuchi, M., Sasaki, T., Shimazaki, M., Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K. (2014) Leaf-trait responses to environmental gradients in moorland communities: contribution of intraspecific variation, species replacement and functional group replacement. Ecological Research, 29, 607-617. Abstract
36. Yoshihara, Y., Okada, M., Sasaki, T. & Sato, S. (2014) Plant species diversity and forage quality as affected by pasture management and simulated cattle activities. Population Ecology, 56, 633-644. Abstract
35. Hikosaka, K., Sasaki, T., Kamiyama, C., Katabuchi, M., Oikawa, S., Shimazaki, M., Kimura, H. & Nakashizuka, T. (2014) Understanding of species niche, coexistence and extinction based on functional traits: approaches from community and physiological ecology for subalpine moorland plant communities. Chikyu-Kankyo, 19, 33-46. (in Japanese)
34. Sasaki, T., Katabuchi, M., Kamiyama, C., Shimazaki, M., Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K. (2014) Vulnerability of moorland plant communities to environmental change: consequences of realistic species loss on functional diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 299-308. Abstract PDF
33. Aiba, M., Katabuchi, M., Takafumi, H., Matsuzaki, S.S., Sasaki, T. & Hiura, T. (2013) Robustness of trait distribution metrics for community assembly studies under the uncertainties of assembly processes. Ecology, 94, 2873-2885. Abstract
32. Matsuzaki, S.S., Sasaki, T. & Akasaka, M. (2013) Consequences of the introduction of exotic and translocated species and future extirpations on the functional diversity of freshwater fish assemblages. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 1071-1082. Abstract
31. Tomimatsu, H.*, Sasaki, T.*, Kurokawa, H.*, Bridle, J.R., Fontaine, C., Kitano, J., Stouffer, D.B., Vellend, M., Bezemer, M.T., Fukami, T., Hadly, E.A., van der Heijden, M.G.A., Kawata, M., Kefi, S., Kraft, N.J.B., McCann, K., Mumby, P.J., Nakashizuka, T., Petchey, O.L., Romanuk, T.N., Suding, K.N., Takimoto, G., Urabe, J. & Yachi, S. (2013) Sustaining ecosystem functions in a changing world: a call for an integrated approach. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50, 1124-1130. (* equal contribution) Abstract
30. Sasaki, T., Kakinuma, K. & Yoshihara, Y. (2013) Marmot disturbance drives trait variations among five dominant grasses in a Mongolian grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 66, 487-491. Abstract
29. Mori, A.S., Furukawa, T. & Sasaki, T. (2013) Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change. Biological Reviews, 88, 349-364. Abstract
28. Sasaki, T., Katabuchi, M., Kamiyama, C., Shimazaki, M., Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K. (2013) Variations in species composition of moorland plant communities along environmental gradients within a subalpine zone in northern Japan. Wetlands, 33, 269-277. Abstract
27. Kakinuma, K., Okayasu, T., Sasaki, T., Jamsran, U., Ohkuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2013) Rangeland management in highly variable environments: Resource variations across the landscape mediate the impact of grazing on vegetation in Mongolia. Grassland Science, 59, 44-51. Abstract
26. Yoshihara, Y., Mizuno, H., Ogura, S., Sasaki, T. & Sato, S. (2013) Increasing the number of plant species in a pasture improves the mineral balance of grazing beef cattle. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 179, 138-143. Abstract
25. Sasaki, T. & Yoshihara, Y. (2013) Local-scale disturbance by Siberian marmots has little influence on regional plant richness in a Mongolian grassland. Plant Ecology, 214, 29-34. Abstract PDF
24. Sasaki, T., Ohkuro, T., Kakinuma, K., Okayasu, T., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2013) Vegetation in a post-ecological threshold state may not recover after short-term livestock exclusion in Mongolian rangelands. Arid Land Research and Management, 27, 101-110. Abstract PDF
23. Sasaki, T., Katabuchi, M., Kamiyama, C., Shimazaki, M., Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K. (2012) Nestedness and niche-based species loss in moorland plant communities. Oikos, 121, 1783-1790. Abstract PDF
22. Sasaki, T., Ohkuro, T., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2012) Changes in the herbage nutritive value and yield associated with threshold responses of vegetation to grazing in Mongolian rangelands. Grass and Forage Science, 67, 446-455. Abstract PDF
21. Sasaki, T., Katabuchi, M., Kamiyama, C., Shimazaki, M., Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K. (2012) Diversity partitioning of moorland plant communities across hierarchical spatial scales. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21, 1577-1588. Abstract
20. Sasaki, T., Yoshihara, Y., Suyama, Y., & Nakashizuka, T. (2011) Clipping stimulates productivity but not diversity in improved and semi-natural pastures in temperate Japan. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 142, 428-431. Abstract PDF
19. Shimazaki, M., Sasaki, T., Hikosaka, K. & Nakashizuka, T. (2011) Environmental dependence of population dynamics and height growth of a subalpine conifer across its vertical distribution: an approach using high-resolution aerial photographs. Global Change Biology, 17, 3431-3438. Abstract PDF
18. Sasaki, T. & Lauenroth, W.K. (2011) Dominant species, rather than diversity, regulates temporal stability of plant communities. Oecologia, 166, 761-768. Abstract PDF
17. Sasaki, T., Okubo, S., Okayasu, T., Jamsran, U., Ohkuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2011) Indicator species and functional groups as predictors of proximity to ecological thresholds in Mongolian rangelands. Plant Ecology, 212, 327-342. Abstract PDF
16. Yoshihara, Y., Sasaki, T., Ohkuro, T., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2010) Cross-spatial-scale patterns in the facilitative effect of shrubs. Ecological Engineering, 36, 1719-1724. Abstract PDF
15. Sasaki, T. (2010) Paradigm integration between equilibrium and non-equilibrium concepts for evaluating vegetation dynamics in rangeland ecosystems. Global Environmental Research, 14, 17-22. PDF
14. Sasaki, T., Yoshihara, Y., Jamsran, U. & Ohkuro, T. (2010) Ecological stoichiometry explains larger-scale facilitation processes by shrubs on species coexistence among understory plants. Ecological Engineering, 36, 1070-1075. Abstract PDF
13. Sasaki, T. (2010) A synthesis of ecological concepts and their applications to sustainable management of Mongolian rangeland ecosystems. Japanese Journal of Grassland Science, 56, 61-66. (in Japanese)
12. Sasaki, T., Okubo, S., Okayasu, T., Jamsran, U., Ohkuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2009) Two-phase functional redundancy in plant communities along a grazing gradient in Mongolian rangelands. Ecology, 90, 2598-2608. Abstract PDF
11. Sasaki, T., Okayasu, T., Ohkuro, T., Shirato, Y., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2009) Rainfall variability may modify the effects of long-term exclosure on vegetation in Mandalgobi, Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments, 73, 949-954. Abstract PDF
10. Hoshino, A., Yoshihara, Y., Sasaki, T., Okayasu, T., Jamsran, U., Ohkuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2009) Comparison of vegetation changes along grazing gradients with different numbers of livestock. Journal of Arid Environments, 73, 687-690. Abstract PDF
9. Sasaki, T., Okubo, S., Okayasu, T., Jamsran, U., Ohkuro, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2009) Management applicability of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis across Mongolian rangeland ecosystems. Ecological Applications, 19, 423-432. Abstract PDF
8. Yoshihara, Y., Ohkuro, T., Jamsran, U., Sasaki, T. & Takeuchi, K. (2009) Are small rodents key promoters of ecosystem restoration in harsh environments? A case study of abandoned croplands on Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments, 73, 364-368. Abstract PDF
7. Sasaki, T., Okayasu T., Jamsran U. & Takeuchi K. (2008) Threshold changes in vegetation along a grazing gradient in Mongolian rangelands. Journal of Ecology, 96, 145-154. Abstract PDF
6. Sasaki, T., Okayasu T., Shirato Y., Jamsran U., Okubo S. & Takeuchi K. (2008) Can edaphic factors demonstrate landscape-scale differences in vegetation responses to grazing? Plant Ecology, 194, 51-66. Abstract PDF
5. Sasaki, T., Okayasu, T., Shirato, Y., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2007) Quantifying the resilience of plant communities under different grazing intensities in a degraded shrubland: A case study in Mandalgobi, Mongolia. Grassland Science, 53, 192-195. Abstract PDF
4. Okayasu, T., Sasaki, T., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2006) Model study on desertification process varying with different geographical conditions. Papers on Environmental Information Science, 20, 59-64.(in Japanese with English summary)
3. Mori, A., Okayasu, T., Sasaki, T., Jamsran, U. & Takeuchi, K. (2006) Discussion about the desertification monitoring method using spatial patterns of vegetation index in Mongolian arid and semi-arid region. Papers on Environmental Information Science, 20, 351-356.(in Japanese with English summary)
2. Sasaki, T., Okayasu, T., Takeuchi, K., Jamsran, U. & Jadambaa, S. (2005) Patterns of floristic composition under different grazing intensities in Bulgan, South Gobi, Mongolia. Grassland Science, 51, 235-242. Abstract PDF
1. Sasaki, T. & Ohsawa, M. (2005) Community structure and species diversity under trampling around a mountain trail, in semi-natural grassland, Mt. Higashi Otafuku, Hyogo, central Japan. Japanese Journal of Grassland Science, 51, 251-256.(in Japanese with English summary)