Pycnotarsobrentus inuiae Maruyama & Bartolozzi, gen. nov. and sp. nov. (Brentinae: Eremoxenini) is described from the Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia) based on specimens collected from Crematogaster difformis F. Smith, 1857 a...
JOURNAL OF PLANT INTERACTIONS 9(1) 364-369 2014年 [査読有り]
We observed the abundance of leaf shelters, aphids, other herbivores, and predators on willow trees, Salix eriocarpa, from May to October 2003. There was a positive correlation between the growth rate of aphids and the number of ants per shoot, su...
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 47(43-44) 2707-2717 2013年11月 [査読有り]
Plant-ants, i.e. those symbiotic with myrmecophyte plants, defend their hosts against herbivores. Plant-ants are expected to affect the host-plant ranges of herbivores that feed on myrmecophytes. This study aimed to experimentally determine whethe...
Some species in the tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) in the Southeast Asian tropics are myrmecophytic
they have highly species-specific mutualisms with symbiotic ants (plant-ants), which defend them from herbivores. However, larvae of some Ar...
In the Southeast Asian tropics, Arhopala lycaenid butterflies feed on Macaranga ant-plants inhabited by Crematogaster (subgenus Decacrema) ants tending Coccus-scale insects. A recent phylogenetic study showed that (1) the plants and ants have been...
Proceedings of the symposium "Frontier in tropical forest research: progress in joint projects between the Forest Department Sarawak and the Japan Research Consortium for Tropical Forests in Sarawak" 2016 146-153 2016年6月
This proceeding is a compilation of findings and progress activities of research collaboration between the Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) and the Japan Research Consortium for Tropical Forests in Sarawak (JRCTS). To highlight the research finding...
Inui Yoko Shimizu-Kaya Usun Yamasaki Eri Maruyama Munetoshi Itioka Takao
Proceedings of the Symposium "Frontier in Tropical Forest Research: Progress in Joint Projects between the FDS and JRCTS" 2016 154-159 2016年 [査読有り]
This proceeding is a compilation of findings and progress activities of research collaboration between the Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) and the Japan Research Consortium for Tropical Forests in Sarawak (JRCTS). To highlight the research finding...
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