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  1. Wrong landing on a non‐host occurs under the canopy of a host: The presumed path of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus to approach its host

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  2. Capture of the oak ambrosia beetle within the host tree canopy

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  3. Females invest more energy in flight: flight characteristics of Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) revealed by a flight mill

    Article • Journal of Forest Research, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  4. Beetles prefer steeply angled crevices: effects of wood surface structure on the initiation of hole boring by Platypus quercivorus

    Article • Journal of Forest Research, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  5. Platypus quercivorus ambrosia beetles use leaf volatiles in host selection

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  6. Seasonal and annual fluctuations of deer populations estimated by a Bayesian state–space model

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2020, PLOS

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  7. Effects of leaf conditions and flight activity on the behaviour of Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, June 2019, Wiley

    Long Pham Duy, Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  8. Measuring the Flight Ability of the Ambrosia Beetle, Platypus Quercivorus (Murayama), Using a Low-Cost, Small, and Easily Constructed Flight Mill

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, August 2018, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  9. Maintenance of soil ecotypes of Solidago virgaurea in close parapatry via divergent flowering time and selection against immigrants

    Article • Journal of Ecology, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr James Raymond Peter Worth, Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  10. Parallel environmental factors drive variation in insect density and plant resistance in the native and invaded ranges

    Article • Ecology, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  11. Phototactic behavior of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) before and after flight

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  12. Wide-ranging Movement and Foraging Strategy of the Critically Endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina nitens): Findings from a Remote Uninhabited Island

    Article • Pacific Science, April 2017, Pacific Science

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  13. Analysis of Oak Tree Mortality to Predict Ambrosia Beetle Platypus quercivorus Movement

    Article • Forest Science, August 2016, Society of American Foresters

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  14. Urban landscape and forest vegetation regulate the range expansion of an exotic lace bugCorythucha marmorata(Hemiptera: Tingidae)

    Article • Entomological Science, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  15. Mass emergence of a specialist sawfly species on unpalatable herbs under severe feeding pressure by sika deer

    Article • Entomological Science, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  16. Structure of phyllosphere fungal communities in a tropical dipterocarp plantation: A massively parallel next-generation sequencing analysis

    Article • Mycoscience, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  17. Wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae, Platypodidae) captured in ethanol-baited traps in a natural forest in Japan

    Article • Applied Entomology and Zoology, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  18. Seasonal and inter-island variation in the foraging strategy of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood PigeonColumba janthina nitensin disturbed island habitats derived from high-throughput sequencing

    Article • Ibis, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  19. THE BEHAVIORAL ROLE OF MALES OF PLATYPUS QUERCIVORUS MURAYAMA IN THEIR SUBSOCIAL COLONIES

    Article • AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science, February 2016, Agrivita, Journal of Agricultural Science (AJAS)

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  20. Deer overbrowsing on autumn-flowering plants causes bumblebee decline and impairs pollination service

    Article • Ecosphere, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  21. The applicability of DNA barcoding for dietary analysis of sika deer

    Article • DNA Barcodes, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  22. An exotic herbivorous insect drives the evolution of resistance in the exotic perennial herbSolidago altissima

    Article • Ecology, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  23. Mass attack by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus occurs in single trees and in groups of trees

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, March 2014, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  24. Among-year variation in deer population density index estimated from road count surveys

    Article • Journal of Forest Research, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  25. The effect of stem density on the probability of attack by the ambrosia beetlePlatypus quercivorusvaries with spatial scale

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  26. Ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) onFagus crenata Blume: community structure, seasonal population trends and resource utilization patterns

    Article • Entomological Science, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  27. Does community-level floral abundance affect the pollination success of a rewardless orchid,Calanthe reflexaMaxim.?

    Article • Plant Species Biology, January 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  28. 特集「シカの採食圧による植生被害防除と回復」

    Article • Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, January 2013, The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  29. Northern richness and southern poverty: contrasting genetic footprints of glacial refugia in the relictual treeSciadopitys verticillata(Coniferales: Sciadopityaceae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki, Dr James Raymond Peter Worth

  30. Examining the factors influencing leaf disease intensity of Kalopanax septemlobus (Thunb. ex Murray) Koidzumi (Araliaceae) over multiple spatial scales: from the individual, forest stand, to the regions in the Japanese Archipelago

    Article • Journal of Ecology and Environment, December 2012, The Ecological Society of Korea

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  31. Effects of Water Management, Connectivity, and Surrounding Land use on Habitat use by Frogs in Rice Paddies in Japan

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, September 2012, Zoological Society of Japan

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  32. Comparison of pollination characteristics between the insular shrubClerodendrum izuinsulareand its widespread congenerC. trichotomum

    Article • Plant Species Biology, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  33. Climate oscillation during the Quaternary associated with landscape heterogeneity promoted allopatric lineage divergence of a temperate treeKalopanax septemlobus(Araliaceae) in East Asia

    Article • Molecular Ecology, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  34. Discrimination among host tree species by the ambrosia beetlePlatypus quercivorus

    Article • Journal of Forest Research, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  35. Lineage admixture during postglacial range expansion is responsible for the increased gene diversity of Kalopanax septemlobus in a recently colonised territory

    Article • Heredity, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  36. How did the exposed seafloor function in postglacial northward range expansion of Kalopanax septemlobus? Evidence from ecological niche modelling

    Article • Ecological Research, July 2010, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  37. Predicting oak tree mortality caused by the ambrosia beetlePlatypus quercivorusin a cool-temperate forest

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  38. Negligible impact of deer-induced habitat degradation on the genetic diversity of extant Bombus diversus populations in comparison with museum specimens

    Article • Journal of Insect Conservation, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  39. Host selection by Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) before and after flying to trees

    Article • Applied Entomology and Zoology, January 2008, Japanese Society of Applied Entomology & Zoology

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  40. A low Platypus quercivorus hole density does not necessarily indicate a small flying population

    Article • Journal of Forest Research, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  41. Spatial distribution and abundance of bud galls caused by eriophyoid mites among host trees Carpinus tschonoskii

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  42. Effect of fungus inoculation on the number of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) carried by Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

    Article • Nematology, January 2006, Brill

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki

  43. Temporal and spatial variations in leaf herbivory within a canopy of Fagus crenata

    Article • Oecologia, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michimasa Yamasaki