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Exploring the principles of complex biological systems

Representative papers

Fujita H, Yoshida S, Suzuki K, Toju H (2025) Alternative stable states of microbiome structure and soil ecosystem functions. Environmental Microbiome 20:28 [Link]

Toju H, Suzuki SS, Baba YG. (2024) Dynamics of interaction networks and species’ contributions to community-scale flexibility. PNAS Nexus 3:page047 [Link]

Hayashi, Fujita H, Toju H (2024) Deterministic and stochastic processes generating alternative states of microbiomes. ISME Communications 4: ycae007 [Link]

Suzuki SS, Baba YG, Toju H (2023) Dynamics of species-rich predator–prey networks and seasonal alternations of core species. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7:1432-1443 [Link] [Online-only full text]

Fujita H, Ushio M, Suzuki K, Abe MS, Yamamichi Y, Iwayama K, Canarini A, Hayashi I, Fukushima K, Fukuda S, Kiers ET, Toju H (2023) Alternative stable states, nonlinear behavior, and predictability of microbiome dynamics. Microbiome 11:63. [Link]

Yajima D, Fujita H, Hayashi I, Shima G, Suzuki K, Toju H (2023) Core species and interactions prominent in fish-associated microbiome dynamics. Microbiome. 11:53. [Link]

Kadowaki K, Yamamoto S, Sato H, Tanabe AS, Hidaka A, Toju H(2018) Mycorrhizal fungi mediate the direction and strength of plant–soil feedbacks differently between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal communities. Communications Biology1:196 [Link] [PDF]

Toju H, Tanabe AS, Sato H (2018) Network hubs in root-associated fungal metacommunities. Microbiome 6:116 [Link] [PDF]

Kitada Y, Muramatsu K, Toju H, Kibe R, Benno Y, Kurihara S, Matsumoto M (2018) Bioactive polyamine production by a novel hybrid system comprising multiple indigenous gut bacterial strategies. Science Advances 4:eaat0062 [Link] [PDF]

Toju H, Peay KG, Yamamichi M, Narisawa K, Hiruma K, Naito K, Fukuda S, Ushio M, Nakaoka S, Onoda Y, Yoshida K, Schlaeppi K, Bai Y, Sugiura R, Ichihashi Y, Minamisawa K, Kiers ET. (2018) Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems. Nature Plants 4:247-257. [Link] [PDF]

Toju H, Yamamichi M, Guimarães PR Jr, Olesen JM, Mougi A, Yoshida T, Thompson JN (2017) Species-rich networks and eco-evolutionary synthesis at the metacommunity level. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:0024. [Link]

Toju H, Yamamoto S, Tanabe AS, Hayakawa T, Ishii HS (2016) Network modules and hubs in plant–root fungal biomes. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 13:20151097. [Link]

Toju H, Guimarães PR Jr, Olesen JM, and Thompson JN (2015) Below-ground plant–fungus network topology is not congruent with above-ground plant–animal network topology. Science Advances 1:e1500291. [Link] [PDF]

Toju H, Guimarães PR Jr, Olesen JM, and Thompson JN (2014) Assembly of complex plant–fungus networks. Nature Communications 5:5273. [Link] [PDF]

Toju H, Ueno S, Taniguchi F, and Sota T. (2011) Metapopulation structure of a seed-predatory weevil and its host plant in arms race coevolution. Evolution 65: 1707-1722. [Link]

Toju H, Abe H, Ueno S, Miyazawa Y, Taniguchi F, Sota T, and Yahara T. (2011) Climatic gradients of arms race coevolution. The American Naturalist 177: 562-573. [Link]

Toju H (2008) Fine-scale local adaptation of weevil mouthpart length and camellia pericarp thickness: altitudinal gradient of a putative arms race. Evolution 62: 1086–1102. [Link]

Toju H and Sota T. (2006) Imbalance of predator and prey armament: geographic clines in phenotypic interface and natural selection. The American Naturalist 167: 105-117. [Link]