Several species of nocturnal gecko are known for their acoustic behavior in social contexts. The nocturnal house gecko, Gekko japonicus, was believed to be mute, except when threatened. We conducted behavioral encounter experiments involving same-...
F. Hyodo Y. Takematsu T. Matsumoto Y. Inui T. Itioka
INSECTES SOCIAUX 58(3) 417-426 2011年8月 [査読有り]
Despite the recognition of the functional role of Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) and Isoptera (termites) in tropical ecosystems, their detailed feeding habits are not well known. To examine the feeding habits of these groups, we measured nitro...
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH 24(6) 1393-1397 2009年11月 [査読有り]
Ants are believed to regulate herbivorous insects in the canopy of tropical rainforests, but few studies have empirically investigated the anti-herbivore effects of the ants there. We examined the anti-herbivore effects of the ant species Crematog...
Yoko Inui Hiroshi O. Tanaka Fujio Hyodo Takao Itioka
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 43(19-20) 1139-1145 2009年 [査読有り]
Many epiphytic ferns in tropical forest canopies have domatia that provide habitat for arboreal arthropods such as ants. Two species of fern that were predominantly occupied by Crematogaster difformis ants were collected from the canopy of a fores...
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY 33(11) 2054-2063 2007年11月 [査読有り]
Macaranga myrmecophytes harbor species-specific Crematogaster ants that defend host trees from herbivores. We examined ant aggressive behaviors when artificially damaged leaf pieces from another tree were offered to four sympatric species of oblig...
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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