Publication
Peer-reviewed articles
Hoang N.T., Taherzadeh O., Ohashi H., Yonekura Y., Nishijima S., Yamabe M., Matsui T., Matsuda H., Moran D., and Kanemoto, K. (2023) Reply to Bawa and Liu: Want sustainable food? Embrace complexity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120: e2317233120. [abstract]
Hoang N.T., Taherzadeh O., Ohashi H., Yonekura Y., Nishijima S., Yamabe M., Matsui T., Matsuda H., Moran D., and Kanemoto, K. (2023) Mapping potential conflicts between global agriculture and terrestrial conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120: e2208376120. [abstract (open access)]
Nishijima S., Suzuki S., Fukuta R., and Okada M. (2023) Modeling pulse dynamics of juvenile fish enables the short-term forecasting of population dynamics in Japanese pufferfish: A latent variable approach and hindcasting. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80: 1017-1031. [abstract (open access)]
Ichinokawa M., Nishijima S., Muko S., Kurota H., and Oshimo S. (2023) Alternative harvest control rules for achieving sustainable fisheries under the revised Fisheries Act in Japan: case studies in two Japanese sardine stocks (邦題：改正漁業法下での様々な代替漁獲管理規則の検討：マイワシ2系群を例に). Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 88: 239-255. [abstract]
Shinohara N., Hongo Y., Ichinokawa M., Nishijima S., Sawayama S, Kurogi H., Uto Y., Mita H., Ishii M., Kusano A., Akimoto S. (2022) Similar fish species composition despite larger environmental heterogeneity during severe hypoxia in a coastal ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8884. [abstract (open access)]
Takimoto G. and Nishijima S. (2022) A simple theory for the mesopredator release effect: when does an apex predator protect their shared prey from a mesopredator? Oikos 2022: e09021. [abstract (open access)]
Okamura H., Osada Y., Nishijima S., and Eguchi S. (2021) Novel robust time series analysis for long-term and short-term prediction. Scientific Reports 11: 11938. [abstract (open access)]
Hongo Y., Nishijima S., Kanamori Y., Sawayama S., Yokouchi K., Kanda N., Oori S., Uto Y., Ishii M., Mita H., Akimoto S., Kusano A., Okabe K., Yamazaki T., Fukuda N., Onitsuka T., Minagawa M., Okamura H., Niwa K., Nagai S., Suzuki S., Yoneda M., Yamamoto T., and Kurogi H. (2021) Fish environmental DNA in Tokyo Bay: A feasibility study on the availability of environmental DNA for fisheries. Regional Studies in Marine Science 47: 10950. [abstract]
Kanamori Y., Nishijima S., Okamura H., Yukami R., Watai M., and Takasuka A. (2021) Spatio-temporal model reduces species misidentification bias of spawning eggs in stock assessment of spotted mackerel in the western North Pacific. Fisheries Research 236: 105825. [abstract (open access)]
Nishijima S. and Belgrano A. (2021) Towards ecological, socioeconomic and cultural sustainability of marine ecosystem services. Population Ecology 63: 14-16. [abstract]
Nishijima, S., Kubota, K., Kaga, T., Okamoto, S., Miyahara, H., and Okamura H. (2021) State‐space modeling clarifies productivity regime shifts of Japanese flying squid. Population Ecology 63: 27-40. [abstract (open access)]
Terui A. and Nishijima S. (2019) Spatial disturbance synchrony alters the association of food chain length and ecosystem size. Ecological Research 34: 864-87. [abstract]
Kanamori Y., Takasuka A., Nishijima S., and Okamura H. (2019) Climate change shifts the spawning ground northward and extends the spawning period of chub mackerel in the western North Pacific. Marine Progress Ecology Series 624:155-166. [abstract (open access]
Hashimoto M.*, Nishijima S.*, Yukami R., Watanabe C., Kamimura Y., Furuichi S. Ichinokawa M., and Okamura H. (2019) Spatiotemporal dynamics of the Pacific chub mackerel revealed by standardized abundance indices. Fisheries Research 219: 105315. (*equal contribution) [abstract (open access)]
Nishijima S., Suzuki S., Ichinokawa M., and Okamura H. (2019) Integrated multi-timescale modeling untangles anthropogenic, environmental, and biological effects on catchability. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76: 2045-2056. [abstract]
Okamura H., Yamashita Y., Ichinokawa M., and Nishijima S. (2018) Comparison of the performance of age-structured models with few survey indices. ICES Journal of Marine Science 75: 2016-2024. [abstract]
Kadowaki K*, Nishijima S.*, Kéfi S., Kameda K.O., and Sasaki T. (2018) Merging community assembly into the regime-shift approach for informing ecological restoration. Ecological Indicators 85: 991-998. (*equal contribution) [abstract (open access)] [press release (in Japanese)]
Nishijima S., Nishikawa C., and Miyashita T. (2017) Habitat modification by invasive crayfish can facilitate its growth through enhanced food accessibility. BMC Ecology 17: 37. [abstract (open access)]
Nishijima S., Furukawa T., Kadoya T., Ishihama F., Kastner T., Matsuda H., Kaneko N. (2016) Evaluating the impacts of wood production and trade on bird extinction risks. Ecological Indicators 71: 368-376. [abstract] [press release (in Japanese)]
Matsuba M., Nishijima S., Katoh K. (2016) Effectiveness of corridor vegetation depends on urbanization tolerance of forest birds in central Tokyo, Japan. Urban Forestory & Urban Greening 18: 173-181.[abstract]
Nishijima S., Takimoto G., Miyashita T. (2016) Autochthonous or allochthonous resources determine the characteristic population dynamics of ecosystem engineers and their impacts. Theoretical Ecology 9: 117-127.[abstract] [accepted MS]
Oita A., Malik A., Kanemoto K., Geschke A., Nishijima S., Lenzen M. (2016) Substantial nitrogen pollution embedded in international trade. Nature Geoscience 9: 111-115.[abstract] [news and views] [press release in Japanese and English] [media coverage in Yahoo.com, Science 2.0, The Guardian, Phys.Org, Carbon Brief, New Vision, Economic Times, E&T magazine, Pacific Standard, Dispatch Tribunal, 3News NZ, Market Business News, EurekAlert, ScienceDaily, Earth Island Journal, The Marshalltown, Catch News, Laboratory Equipment, Science World Report, Behindwoods, and Bangalore Mirror]
Nishijima S., Takimoto G., Miyashita T. (2014) Roles of alternative prey for mesopredators on trophic cascades in intraguild predation systems: a theoretical perspective. The American Naturalist 183: 625-637.[abstract]
Sato M, Nishijima S., Miyashita T. (2014) Differences in refuge function for prey and tolerance to crayfish among macrophyte species. Limnology 15: 27-35. [abstract]
Watari Y., Nishijima S., Fukasawa M,, Yamada F., Abe S., Miyashita T. (2013) Evaluating the “recovery level” of endangered species without prior information before alien invasion. Ecology and Evolution 3: 4711-4721.[abstract (open access)] [press release]
Uruma H., Kobayashi R., Nishijima S., Miyashita T. (2012) Effectiveness of conservation-oriented agricultural practices on amphibians inhabiting Sado Island, Japan, with a consideration of spatial structure (邦題: 空間構造を考慮した環境保全型農業の影響評価 : 佐渡島における両生類の事例). Japanese Journal of Conservation Biology (保全生態学研究) 17: 155-164. (in Japanese) [abstract]
Book chapter
西嶋翔太 . (2019) 湖沼生態系における生物と物理環境の相互作用ー正のフィードバック・履歴現象・中位捕食者の解放『遺伝子・多様性・循環の科学ー生態学の領域融合へ』（門脇浩明・立木佑弥編）pp145-164. 京都大学出版.
西嶋翔太, 宮下直. (2011) 外来捕食者の駆除と中位捕食者の解放ーその発生機構と生態系の復元戦略ー 『外来生物ー生物多様性と人間社会への影響』 (西川潮・宮下直編) pp 63-83. 裳華房出版.