Research theme for competitive and other funds (18)：
2021 - 2024 Spiders eat insects - but Why are ant-mimicking jumping spiders vegetarian?
2018 - 2022 Ant-mimicking effects increase species diversity in Myrmarachne spiders
2017 - 2020 Study on a quantitative evaluation of recovery potential for biomass and biodiversity in tropical secondary forests in Southeast Asia
2016 - 2019 Evaluation of stability of a tropical rainforest food web through isotope anlayses
2012 - 2015 Does ant-mimicry function as a mechanism for creation of biodiversity and coexistence of multi-species in tropical forests?
2011 - 2015 Diverse chemical strategies of myrmecophilous insects to exploit ant-plants
2011 - 2015 Experimental elucidation on mechanims of general flowering
2010 - 2015 Evolution of biodiversity in a six-party insect-plant symbiosis mediated by ant-plant Macaranga in Southeast Asian tropics
2009 - 2014 Diversity and community structure of arthropods in tropical rainforest canopies.
2007 - 2010 Field experiment on the effects of short-term drought on tropical rain forest ecosystem
2007 - 2009 Do biodiversity of ant-mimic spiders associate with ant biodiversity? -canopy-ground comparisons within Bornean tropical forest
2006 - 2009 Morphological and ecological studies on the diversity and function of domatia in Viburnum
2005 - 2008 Effects of epiphytes and ant-involved mutualistic relationships on biological community in the canopy of tropical rainforests
2004 - 2007 Long-term fluctuation of biological activities in a lowland dipterocarp forest : Does general flowering contribute to maintenance of biodiversity
2002 - 2004 Studies on refulation of herbivores by ants in tropical rain forests
1998 - 2000 Mutualism between Macaranga plants & ants in Southeast Asia
1995 - 1996 Studies on ant-plant mutualilsm and biodiversity in a tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia
1994 - 1996 Biodiversity in the canopy of tropical rainforests
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Natsuki Komada, Shuichiro Tagane, Usun Shimizu-kaya, Asano Iku, Nur Safinas Binti Jelani, Chea Yiing Ling, Takafumi Mizuno, Melvin Terry Gumal, Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga, Takao Itioka. A checklist of showy mistletoe (Santalales, Loranthaceae) of Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Tropics. 2024
TAKESHI YAMASAKI, YOSHIAKI HASHIMOTO, TOMOJI ENDO, FUJIO HYODO, TAKAO ITIOKA, MARYATI MOHAMED, PAULUS MELENG. Taxonomic study of Bornean species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 2023. 5343. 1. 55-73
ANDO, Kiyoshi, YAMASHITA, Satoshi, MELENG, Paulus, ITIOKA, Takao. Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) collected from fruiting bodies of polypores in Sarawak, Malaysia. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University. 2022. 31. 4. 159-210
Hasumi Kawagoe, Takao Itioka, Fujio Hyodo, Asano Iku, Usun Shimizu-kaya, Paulus Meleng. Evidence in stable isotope ratios for lichen-feeding by Lithosiini moths from a tropical rainforest but not from a temperate forest. Entomological Science. 2022. 25. 3
Natsuki Komada, Takao Itioka, Akira Nakanishi, Shuichiro Tagane, Usun Shimizu-kaya, Michiko Nakagawa, Paulus Meleng, Runi anak Sylvester Pungga, Mamoru Kanzaki. Effects of host tree size on the species richness and abundance of epiphyte assemblages in a Bornean lowland tropical forest. Tropics. 2022. 30. 4. 53-61
ANDO Kiyoshi, MELENG Paulus, YAMASHITA Satoshi, ITIOKA Takao. A New Species of the Genus Sakaiomenimus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Gnathidiini) from Sarawak, Malaysia, with an Additional Record of the genus Menimus. Elytra, New Series. 2022. 12. 2
ANDO Kiyoshi, MELENG Paulus, YAMASHITA Satoshi, ITIOKA Takao. Two New Species of the Genus Lycidioides (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiine) from Sarawak, Borneo. Elytra, New Series. 2022. 12. 2
