Research field (4):
Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science
, Ecology and environmental science
, Conservation science (plants)
, Mathematical physics and basic theory
Research theme for competitive and other funds (20):
2020 - 2025 ハダニの捕食回避行動を利用してハダニを制御する試み
2020 - 2024 社会性昆虫に学ぶ柔軟で頑健な組織づくりと機能発現の実験的および理論的研究
2020 - 2023 アリにおける集団社会の維持機構:自己・他己認識の成立とその認識因子の解明
2019 - 2023 腸内細菌に由来する匂いは昆虫の社会を司るか?-アリを題材に-
2019 - 2023 Uncertain sexual recognition is a key to explain butterfly behavior
2016 - 2020 Integrated Study from Experiment, Theory and Data Analysis on Emerging Mechanism of Collective Functions by Social Insects
2015 - 2020 Invasion mechanisms of exotic ants with special focus on Japanese invaders
2015 - 2020 Effects of generalist predators on mites in agro-ecosystems
2016 - 2019 Genetic and behavioural analysis on female mate discrimination in sexual isolation
2015 - 2018 Revealing cryptic species diversity of Japanese ants, a proposal of "Integrated approach"
2014 - 2017 Elucidation of Autonomously Emerging Mechanism of Collective Dynamical Modes Accompanied by Group Functions in Ant Colonies
2012 - 2015 Diurnal rhythm of pollinator beetles and timing of floral odor emission in primitive pollination system.
2009 - 2014 Effects of ants on predator-prey interactions among mites in agro-ecosystems
2010 - 2012 Dynamics and Functions of Diverse Multi-Element Systems Accompanied by Fluctuation
2010 - 2012 Mechanism of evolution in social parasitism of myrmicine ant Vollenhovia nipponica
2009 - 2011 Studies on elucidation of mechanisms to recognize the ant and to control the behavior of the ant tending Lycaenids butterfly's immature
2009 - 2011 Flower odor in primitive pollination system and its ecological function
2008 - 2010 Studies on chemical tactics of social parasitic ant species
2007 - 2009 種々のゆらぎのもとでの非一様要素系の安定動作機構の解明
2006 - 2009 Mutualistic interactions between ants and fruits, with special attention to seed dispersal and seed cleaning
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Papers (90):
Yuki Mitaka, Kenji Matsuura, Toshiharu Akino. Dehydroabietic acid, an aromatic abietane diterpenoid, attracts termite workers. Applied Entomology and Zoology. 2024
Yuki Mitaka, Kenji Matsuura, Toshiharu Akino. Even- and odd-numbered fatty acids used as worker arrestant aggregation pheromone components in the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus. Chemoecology. 2024
Yuki Mitaka, Toshiharu Akino, Kenji Matsuura. Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insectes Sociaux. 2023
Shuichi Yano, Mayu Konishi, Toshiharu Akino. Avoidance of ant chemical traces by spider mites and its interpretation. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2022. 88. 2. 153-163
Yuki Mitaka, Toshiharu Akino. A Review of Termite Pheromones: Multifaceted, Context-Dependent, and Rational Chemical Communications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2021. 8
Mizuki Fujisawa, Tetsuya Matsukawa, Toshiharu Akino, Shigeru Arai, Yoshihiro Takikawa, Shinichiro Kajiyama. Analysis of chemical diversity in Lilium japonicum population using floral scent composition. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2019. 258