Masako Izawa

• 2023 - 2026 Terrestrial mammal adaptation on islands through the case study of the Ryukyu Archipelago mammals
• 2022 - 2026 マメ科トビカズラ属をモデルとした広域分布種と局所分布種の送粉様式の差異の解明
• 2016 - 2019 Diversification and evolution of the pollination system of Mucuna macrocarpa (Fabaceae) in relation to the variation of local fauna
• 2006 - 2009 Community structure and conservation of the islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago with special reference to Iriomotejima Island
• 2004 - 2007 Evaluation of function in Island and coral reef ecosystems with reference to the effect of human activities
2002 - 2005 Study on the maintenance system and conservation of the island ecosystem of Iriomote National Park
2002 - 2002 ジュゴン沖縄個体群の絶滅を想定しての保全対策調査計画の立案
2000 - 2002 Development of restoration and conservation technique for the disturbed island ecosystem in the Ryukyu Archipelago
1999 - 2002 An analysis on social system of sika deer and resource use system in two ecosystems, subtropical forest and warm temperate evergreen forest.(Basic study on the develop a program of natural ecosystem conservation )
1999 - 2001 Validity and historical process of formation of the center of endemism for reptiles in the southern Tokara Islands
1999 - 2001 Study on the maintenance system and conservation of the island ecosystem of Iriomote National park
1996 - 1998 Ecological study on Iriomote cat and terrestrial fauna with special reference to conservation of Iriomote National Park.
1993 - 1995 STUDY ON THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND ITS ENVIRONMENT IN TSUSHIMA QUASI-NATIONAL PARK.
1992 - 1993 Maintenance mechanism of the social system of wild felid- the sexual difference in the process of the establishment of territory
1991 - 1992 Social system and its support mechanism on small Felidae.(a new application on the decision of kinship by DNA-fingerprinting)
1988 - 1990 Socio-Ecological Studies on the Feral Cat and the Disturbance to the Endemic Fauna in Australia.
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• NAKANISHI Nozomi, NAKAMOTO Atsushi, IZAWA Masako. Impact of the rapid increase in sika deer population on the habitat of the endangered Tsushima leopard cat in Tsushima, Japan -Tsushima Leopard Cat Conservation Ecology Research Group-. Annual Report of Pro Natura Foundation Japan. 2023. 32. 35-48
• Shun Kobayashi, Somsak Panha, Teerapong Seesamut, Nattawadee Nantarat, Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Tetsuo Denda, Masako Izawa. First record of non-flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia. Ecology and Evolution. 2021. 11. 24. 17604-17608
• Shun Kobayashi, Stephan W. Gale, Tetsuo Denda, Masako Izawa. Rat- and bat-pollination of Mucuna championii (Fabaceae) in Hong Kong. Plant Species Biology. 2020. 36. 1. 84-93
• Shun Kobayashi, Tetsuo Denda, Chi-Cheng Liao, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Jumlong Placksanoi, Surachit Waengsothorn, Chittima Aryuthaka, Somsak Panha, Masako Izawa. Effects of different pollinators and herbivores on the fruit set height of the mammal-pollinated tree-climbing vine Mucuna macrocarpa. Journal of Forest Research. 2020. 25. 5. 315-321
• Yoko Okawara, Nozomi Nakanishi, Masako Izawa. Short-Term Fruiting Phenology Affects the Diet of an Omnivorous Carnivoran, the Tsushima Marten Martes melampus tsuensis. Mammal Study. 2020. 45. 1. 49-61

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• Capturing records of old aged individuals of the Ryukyu flying fox Pteropus dasymallus. 2015. 53. 37-44
• Foraging marks of Okinawa Woodpeckers Sapheopipo noguchii as an indicator of their seasonal range. 2015. 31. 97-111
• Successful DNA Typing of feces to determine the species and sex of the endangered Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) by using the 16S rRNA gene and an SNP marker in a zinc-finger protein gene. Mammal study. 2014. 39. 1. 53-58
• Nakamoto Atsushi, Izawa Masako. Daily patterns of pollinator activity at planted Erythrina variegata trees on Okinawa-jima Island. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology. 2013. 18. 2. 111-119
• KOBAYASHI Shun, DENDA Tetsuo, IZAWA Masako. The distribution of Xenysmoderes consularis (Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Ceutorhynchinae), a mecysmoderini weevil associated with the shell ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, in the Ryukyu Archipelago. The Biological magazine,Okinawa. 2011. 49. 77-83

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• 美ら島の自然史-サンゴ礁島嶼系の生物多様性
  2006
• 美ら島の自然史-サンゴ礁島嶼系の生物多様性
  2006
• 「 社会構造(哺乳類の)」「バイオテレメトリー」『生態学辞典』
  2003
• 「 社会構造(哺乳類の)」「バイオテレメトリー」『生態学辞典』
  2003
• 小学館の図鑑・NEO「動物」
  2002

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• - 1984 Kyushu University
• - 1984 Kyushu University Graduate School, Division of Natural Science
• - 1979 Kyushu University
• - 1979 Kyushu University Graduate School, Division of Natural Science
• - 1977 Kyushu University School of Sciences Department of Biology
- 1977 Kyushu University Faculty of Science

• Doctor of Science (Kyushu University)

• 2020/04 - 現在 Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History Director
• 2006/04 - 2020/03 - , 琉球大学 理学部 海洋自然科学科 進化・生態学講座 教授
• 2006/04 - 2020/03 - , University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science, Ecology and Systematics, Professor
• 1996/04/01 - 2006/03/31 , 琉球大学 理学部 海洋自然科学科 進化・生態学講座 准教授
• 1996/04/01 - 2006/03/31 , University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science, Ecology and Systematics, Associate Professor
1991/10/10 - 1996/03/31 , 琉球大学 理学部 助教授
1991/10/10 - 1996/03/31 , University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Associate Professor

• 1900 - 1900 The Mammalogical Society of Japan Councilors
• 1900 - 1900 日本哺乳類学会 評議員、和文誌編集委員
• 1900 - 1900 日本生態学会 和文誌編集委員、九州・沖縄地区委員

個体群生態学会 ,  日本熱帯生態学会 ,  沖縄生物学会 ,  日本行動学会 ,  日本哺乳類学会 ,  日本生態学会 ,  The Society of Population Ecology ,  Japan Society of Tropical Ecology ,  The Biological Society of Okinawa ,  - ,  The Mammalogical Society of Japan ,  Ecological Society of Japan