Sugiura, S. & Urano, K. (2025) Pseudostingers as defensive weapons: Male scoliid wasps counterattack frogs. Ecology, 106(10): e70213.
Sugiura, S. & Tsujii, M. (2022) Male wasp genitalia as an anti-predator defense. Current Biology, 32(24): R1336–R1337. [Highlighted in Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, etc.; Altmetric]
Sugiura, S. (2020) Active escape of prey from predator vent via the digestive tract. Current Biology, 30(15): R867–R868. [Highlighted in Nature Index, Nature, CNN, The Guardian, Science News, etc.; Altmetric]
Sugiura, S. (2020) Predators as drivers of insect defenses. Entomological Science, 23(3): 316– 337 (invited review). [Highlighted in New York Times, etc.]
Sugiura, S., Takanashi, T., Kojima, W. & Kajiura, Z. (2020) Squeaking caterpillars: independent evolution of sonic defense in wild silkmoths. Ecology, 101(10): e03112. [Altmetric]
Sugiura, S., Sakagami, K., Harada, M. & Shimada, N. (2019) Can praying mantises escape from spider webs? Ecology, 100(11): e02799. [Altmetric]
Sugiura, S., Fukasawa, Y., Ogawa, R., Kawakami, S. & Yamazaki, K. (2019) Cross-kingdom interactions between slime molds and arthropods: a spore dispersal mutualism hypothesis. Ecology, 100(8) e02702.
Sugiura, S. & Sato, T. (2018) Successful escape of bombardier beetles from predator digestive systems. Biology Letters, 14: 20170647. [Highlighted in National Geographic, Science, Nature, etc.; Altmetric]
Sugiura, S. & Takanashi, T. (2018) Hornworm counterattacks: Defensive strikes and sound production in response to invertebrate attackers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123: 496–505. [Highlighted in Science, etc.; Altmetric]
Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2018) Functional compensation by insular scavengers: the relative contributions of vertebrates and invertebrates vary among islands. Ecography, 41: 1173–1183.
Sugiura, S. (2016) Impacts of introduced species on the biota of an oceanic archipelago: the relative importance of competitive and trophic interactions. Ecological Research, 31: 155–164. (invited review)
Sugiura, S. & Masuya, H. (2015) Keratin subsidies promote feather decomposition via an increase in keratin-consuming arthropods and microorganisms in bird breeding colonies. The Science of Nature – Naturwissenschaften, 102: 25.
Sugiura, S. & Yamazaki, K. (2014) Caterpillar hair as a physical barrier against invertebrate predators. Behavioral Ecology, 25:975–983. [Altmetric]
Sugiura, S., Tanaka, R., Taki, H. & Kanzaki, N. (2013) Differential responses of scavenging arthropods and vertebrates to forest loss maintain ecosystem function in a heterogeneous landscape. Biological Conservation, 159: 206–213.
Sugiura, S. (2010) Species interactions–area relationships: biological invasions and network structure in relation to island area. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277: 1807–1815.
Sugiura, S. (2010) Associations of leaf miners and leaf gallers with island plants of different residency histories. Journal of Biogeography, 37(2):237–244.
Sugiura, S. and Yamazaki, K. (2009) Gall-attacking behavior in phytophagous insects, with emphasis on Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, 2: 41–61. (Invited review)
Sugiura, S. & Yamazaki, K. (2006) Consequences of scavenging behavior in a plant bug associated with a glandular plant. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 88(4): 593–602.
Sugiura, S. & Yamazaki, K. (2006) The role of silk threads as a lifeline in caterpillars: pattern and significance of lifeline climbing behaviour. Ecological Entomology, 31 (1): 52–57. [Highlighted in American Entomologist]
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