Publications
| discovery of a bird-parasitic fly, carnus orientalis (diptera: carnidae), in japan, with bionomic remarks and a key to carnus species. | a bird-parasitic fly, carnus orientalis maa, 1968, is recorded for the first time from japan, and it is taxonomically reexamined on the basis of specimens collected in okinawa prefecture. adult flies were found from nestlings of ryukyu scops owl (otus elegans cassin, 1852), which is a new host for c. orientalis. bionomic remarks regarding c. orientalis are presented, and akey to the world species of carnus is also provided. | 2014 | 24724300 |
| evaluating the existence and benefit of major histocompatibility complex-based mate choice in an isolated owl population. | how mate preferences evolve in the first place has been a major conundrum for sexual selection. some hypotheses explaining this assume fitness benefit derived from subsequent generations. major histocompatibility complex (mhc)-based mate choice is a representative example of the mate choice that is associated with such trans-generational mechanisms. to provide evidences for fitness benefit of mhc-based mate choice, previous studies assessed the association between own mhc genotype and own fitnes ... | 2020 | 32281698 |