Publications

Books

3, Daniel Borcard, François Gillet, Pierre Legendre (著), 吉原 佑, 加藤 和弘 (監修, 翻訳), 内田 圭, 小柳 知代, 北村 亘, 黒江 美紗子, 平岩 将良 (翻訳), Rによる数値生態学: 群集の多様度・類似度・空間パターンの分析と種組成の多変量解析[原著第2版]

2, Atushi Ushimaru, Kei Uchida, Takeshi Suka. 2018. 9th chapter, Grassland biodiversity in Japan: threats, management and conservation. Squires VR, Dengler J, Feng H & Hua L (eds.), Grasslands of the world: diversity, management and conservation. CRC Press, Boca Raton, US.

1, 佐々木雄大・小山明日香・小柳知代・古川拓哉・内田圭. 2015. 植物群集の構造と多様性の解析, 共立出版, 東京.

Papers

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63, Kei Uchida, Peter Matanle, Yang Li, Taku Fujita, Masayoshi K Hiraiwa, Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan, Nature Sustainability, 1-11

62, Martin Husemann, OKO Schall, Kei Uchida, Ulrich Kotthoff, The first Cretaceous Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera) from Burmese amber, Journal of Orthoptera Research 34, 151-157

61, Taiki Tachibana, Kei Uchida, Issei Nishimura, X Lu, X Zhao, Y Bai, T Sasaki, 2025, The relative importance of plant-pollinator network parameters in maintaining seed productivity varies between years. Grassland Science, 71, 53-62

60, Daijiang Li, Luke J. Potgieter, Myla F. J. Aronson, Irena Axmanová, Benjamin Baiser, ….., 44th Kei Uchida, 2025, GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, e70020

59, Yuta Kobayashi, Masayuki Sato, Kei Uchida, Akira S Mori, 2025, Misalignment between ecologically rapid and economically optimal forest restoration designs, Forest Policy and Economics 172, 103426

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58, YA Yaida, T Nagai, K Oguro, KR Katsuhara, Kei Uchida, T Kenta, Negative legacy effects of past forest use on native plant diversity in semi-natural grasslands on ski slopes, Journal of Environmental Management 368, 122120

57, Yuki Iwachido, Kei Uchida, Takehiro Sasaki. 2024. Urbanization alters the relative importance of local and landscape factors affecting plant communities in the Tokyo megacity. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70006

56, Issei Nishimura, Taiki Tachibana, Kei Uchida, Xiaoming Lu, Xuezhen Zhao, Yongfei Bai, Takehiro Sasaki. 2024. Complementarity effects among plant–pollinator interactions can enhance community seed production in semi-arid natural grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments, 224, 105221

55, Masari Date, Yuya Fukano, Sayed Ibrahim Farkhary, Kei Uchida, Masashi Soga. 2024.  Beyond bees: A cross-country investigation into public perceptions of insect-mediated crop-pollination services. Biological Conservation, 292, 110524

54, Noriko Maruyama, Kei Uchida, Saneyuki Kawabata, Eriko Yasunaga, Keiko Miyazaki , Yuya Fukano. 2023. Effects of biogeographical origin on the flowering phenology of exotic plant communities, Biological Invasions, 26, 565-581

53, Kei Uchida, Martin Husemann, Ulrich Kotthoff. 2023. A new Cretaceous orthopteran family of the Caelifera (order: Orthoptera) from Burmese amber of northern Myanmar, PalZ , https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00670-w

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52, Yuya Fukano, Wataru Yamori, Hayata Misu, Mitsuhiko P. Sato, Kenta Shirasawa, Yuuya Tachiki, Kei Uchida. 2023. From green to red: Urban heat stress drives leaf color evolution, SCIENCE ADVANCES, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3542

51, Kei Uchida. 2023. New taxa of Pelecinidae (Hymenoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Northern Myanmar, PalZ , https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00663-9

50, Kei Uchida, Kodai Karakida, Yuki Iwachido, Taketo Mori, Toshiya Okuro. 2023. The designation of a historical site to maintain plant diversity in the Tokyo metropolitan region. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 84, 127919

49, Yuki Iwachido, Kei Uchida, Takehiro Sasaki. 2023. Artificial developed habitats can sustain plant communities similar to remnant ecosystems in the Tokyo megacity. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 83, 127899

48, Natsuki Matsubara, Akihoto Goto, Kei Uchida, Takehiro Sasaki. 2023. Patterns of flower-visiting insects depend on flowering phenological shifts along an altitudinal gradient in subalpine moorland ecosystems. Biologia, 78, 809-818

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47, Yuya Fukano, Kei Uchida, Yuuya Tachiki. 2022. Urban-rural gradients: how landscape changes drive adaptive evolution of plant competitive traits. Evolutionary Ecology, 1-18

46, Yuya Fukano, Yuuya Tachiki, Minoru Kasada. Kei Uchida, 2022, Evolution of competitive traits changes species diversity in a natural field. Proceeding of the Royal society B, 289, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1376

45, Daichi Makishima, Rui Sutou, Akihito Goto, Yutaka Kawai, Naohiro Ishii, Hayami Taniguchi, Kei Uchida, Masaya Shimazaki, Tohru Nakashizuka, Yoshihisa Suyama, Kouki Hikosaka, Takehiro Sasaki. 2022, Predicting diversity changes in subalpine moorland ecosystems based on geometry of species distributions and realistic area loss. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33, e13150.

44, Minoru Kasada, Kei Uchida, Naoto Shinohara, Takehito Yoshida. 2022, Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction can benefit biodiversity conservation in a Japanese agricultural landscape, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.699201

43, Xiaoming Lu, Xuezhen Zhao, Taiki Tachibana, Kei Uchida, Takehiro Sasaki, Yongfei Bai. 2022, Bottom‐up effects of plant quantity and quality on arthropod diversity across multiple trophic levels in a semi‐arid grassland, Journal of Ecology, 110, 2717-2730.

42, Kei Uchida, Azumi Okazaki, Takumi Akasaka, Junjiro N. Negishi, Futoshi Nakamura. 2022, Disturbance legacy of a 100-year flood event: large wood accelerates plant diversity resilience on gravel-bed rivers, Journal of Environmental Management, 317, 115467. 

41, Asuka Koyama, Kei Uchida. 2022, Grassland legacy remaining in vegetation and seedbank species diversity: Evaluation in abandoned grasslands and plantation forests, Global Ecology and Conservation, 36, e02134. 

40, Kei Uchida. 2022, Two new genera of the Elcanidae (order: Orthoptera) from middle Cretaceous Burmese amber of northern Myanmar, Cretaceous Research, 131, 105092, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667121003402

39, Noriko Maruyama, Keiko Miyazaki, Eriko Yasunaga, Kei Uchida, Saneyuki Kawabata, Yuya Fukano. 2022, Long-term flowering records of herbaceous plants in Tokyo, Japan, during 1994–2015 through citizen science, Ecological Research, 37, 182-185.

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38, Xiaoming Lu, Xuezhen Zhao, Taiki Tachibana, Kei Uchida, Takehiro Sasaki, Yongfei Bai, 2021, Plant quantity and quality regulate the diversity of arthropod communities in a semi‐arid grassland, Functional Ecology, 35, 601-613.

37, Yuya Fukano, Wei Guo, Naohiro Aoki Shinjiro Ootsuka Koji Noshita, Kei Uchida, Yoichiro Kato, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Shotaka Kamikawa, Hirofumi Kubota, 2021, GIS-Based Analysis for UAV-Supported Field Experiments Reveals Soybean Traits Associated With Rotational Benefit, Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.637694

36, Daichi Makishima, Rui Sutou, Akihito Goto, Yutaka Kawai, Naohiro Ishii, Hayami Taniguchi, Kei Uchida, Masaya Shimazaki, Tohru Nakashizuka, Yoshihisa Suyama, Kouki Hikosaka, Takehiro Sasaki, 2021, Potential extinction debt due to habitat loss and fragmentation in subalpine moorland ecosystems, Plant Ecology, 222, 445-457.

35, 山田 大稀, 内田 圭, 土屋 一彬, 市川 薫, 原 祐二, ブライアン ヘンリー, 大黒 俊哉, 2021, 東京都における街路樹ハナミズキ(Cornus florida)の樹勢と道路空間構造の関係, ランドスケープ研究, 13, 94-99.

34, Asuka Koyama, Kei Uchida, Masaaki Ozeki, Takaya Iwasaki, Naoyuki Nakahama, Takeshi Suka, 2021, Conservation of endangered and rare plants requires strategies additional to deer‐proof fencing for conservation of subalpine plant diversity, Applied Vegetation Science, e12553.

33, Kosuke Tachibana, Kei Uchida, Masahiro Aiba, Takehiro Sasaki, 2021, National geographic distribution and number of TV nature programs across the Japanese archipelago, Ecological Indicators, 121, 107054.

32, Yushin Shinoda, Kei Uchida, Asuka Koyama, Munemitsu Akasaka, 2021, Deer grazing changes seed traits and functions of grazing-intolerant plants, Plant Species Biology, 36, 126–132.

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31, Kei Uchida, Asuka Koyama, Masaaki Ozeki, Takaya Iwasaki, Naoyuki Nakahama, Takeshi Suka, 2020, Does the local conservation practice of cultural ecosystem services maintain plant diversity in semi-natural grasslands in Kirigamine Plateau, Japan? Biological Conservation, 250, 108737.

30, Yuya Fukano, Wei Guo, Kei Uchida, Yuuya Tachiki, 2020, Contemporary adaptive divergence of plant competitive traits in urban and rural populations and its implication for weed management. Journal of Ecology, 108, 2521–2530.

29, Naoyuki Nakahama, Kei Uchida, Asuka Koyama, Takaya Iwasaki, Masaaki Ozeki, Takeshi Suka. 2020. Construction of deer fences restores the diversity of butterflies and bumblebees as well as flowering plants in semi-natural grassland. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29, 2201–2215.

28, Yuki Iwachido, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru, Shigehiro Yokota, Takehiro Sasaki. 2020. Nature-oriented park use of satoyama ecosystems can enhance biodiversity conservation in urbanized landscapes. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 16, 163–172.

27, Kei Uchida, Kanemasa Kamura. 2020. Traditional ecological knowledge maintains useful plant diversity in semi-natural grasslands in the Kiso region, Japan. Environmental Management, 65, 478–489.

26, Toshiaki Jo, Arisa Fukuoka, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru, Toshifumi Minamoto. 2020. Multiplex real-time PCR enables the simultaneous detection of environmental DNA from freshwater fishes: a case study of three exotic and three threatened native fishes in Japan. Biological Invasions, 22, 455–471.

■■■ 2019 ■■■

25, Atushi Ushimaru, Kei Uchida, Makihiko Ikegami, Takeshi Suka. 2019. Grasslands and Shrublands of Japan. Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12096-2.

24, Naoto Shinohara, Kei Uchida, Takehito Yoshida. 2019. Contrasting effects of land-use changes on herbivory and pollination networks. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5814.

23, Yuki A. Yaida, Takuma Nagai, Kazuya Oguro, Koki R. Katsuhara, Kei Uchida, Tanaka Kenta, Atushi Ushimaru. 2019. Ski runs as an alternative habitat for threatened grassland plant species in Japan. Palaearctic Grasslands, 42, 16–22.

22, Kei Uchida, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa, Marc W. Cadotte. 2019. Non-random loss of phylogenetically distinct rare species degrades phylogenetic diversity in semi-natural grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, 1419–1428.

21, Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Ryuichiro Shinohara, Kei Uchida, Takehiro Sasaki. 2019. Catch diversification provides multiple benefits in inland fisheries. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, 843-854.

■■■ 2018 ■■■

20, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kei Uchida. 2018. A generalist herbivore requires a wide array of plant species to maintain its populations. Biological Conservation, 228, 167–174.

19, Ippei Aoshima, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru, Masayuki Sato. 2018. The Influence of Subjective Perceptions on the Valuation of Green Spaces in Japanese Urban Areas. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 34, 166-174

18, Kei Uchida, Tomoyo F. Koyanagi, Toshikazu Matsumura, Asuka Koyama. 2018. Patterns of plant diversity loss and species turnover resulting from land abandonment and intensification in semi-natural grasslands. Journal of Environmental Management, 218, 622-629.

17, Kei Uchida, Hiroki Fujimoto, Atushi Ushimaru. 2018. Urbanization promotes the loss of seasonal dynamics in the semi-natural grasslands of an East Asian mega-city. Basic and Applied Ecology, 29, 1-11.

16, Indrek Melts, Kaire Lanno, Marek Sammul, Kei Uchida, Katrin Heinsoo, Tiiu Kull, Lauri Laanisto. 2018. Fertilizing semi-natural grasslands may cause long-term negative effects on both biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 1951-1955.

15,  Naoyuki Nakahama, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru, Yuji Isagi. 2018. Historical changes in grassland area determined the demography of semi-natural grassland butterflies in Japan. Heredity, 121, 155-168.

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14, Carlos P. Carmona, Francesco de Bello, Takehiro Sasaki, Kei Uchida, Meelis Pärtel. 2017. Towards a Common Toolbox for Rarity: A Response to Violle et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2309, 1-2

13, 青島一平・内田圭・丑丸敦史・佐藤真行. 2017. 満足度指標を用いた都市緑地の経済価値評価．環境科学会誌, 30, 238-249

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12, Kei Uchida, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa, Atushi Ushimaru. 2016. Plant and herbivorous insect diversity loss are greater than null model expectations due to land-use changes in agro-ecosystems. Biological Conservation, 201, 270-276.

11, Kei Uchida, Tadashi Shinohara, Sogo Takahashi, Naoyuki Nakahama, Yasuoki Takami, Atushi Ushimaru. 2016. Rediscovery of Celes akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from semi-natural grasslands in Japan. Entomological Science, 19, 89-96.

10, Kei Uchida, Sogo Takahashi, Tadashi Shinohara, Atushi Ushimaru. 2016. Threatened herbivorous insects maintained by long-term traditional management practices in semi-natural grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 221, 156-162.

9, Naoyuki Nakahama, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru, Yuji Isagi. 2016. Timing of mowing influences genetic diversity and reproductive success in endangered semi-natural grassland plants. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 221, 20-27.

■■■ 2015 ■■■

8, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru. 2015. Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 1033-1043. 

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7, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru. 2014. Biodiversity declines due to abandonment and intensification of agricultural lands: patterns and mechanisms. Ecological Monographs, 84, 637-658.

6, 松村俊和・内田圭・澤田佳宏. 2014. 水田畦畔に成立する半自然草原植生の多様性の現状と保全．植生学会誌, 31, 193-218.

5, 藤木大介・岸本康誉・内田圭・坂田宏志. 2014. 兵庫県における森林生態系保全を目的としたニホンジカ対策―広域モニタリング・基づいた状況把握と管理目標値の設定．水利科学, 57, 26－50.

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4, Junpei Yamamoto, Kei Uchida, Yasuoki Takami. 2013. Colonization and persistence of urban ant populations as revealed by joint estimation of kinship and population genetic parameters. Journal of Heredity, 104, 639－648.

■■■ 2010年以前 ■■■

3, 石田弘明・高比良響・武田義明・栃本大介・内田圭・服部保. 2007. 扇の山のブナ林におけるササ被度と林床植生の種組成および種多様性の関係. Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy. 55, 17－28.

2, 澤田佳宏・服部保・内田圭. 2006．国版および地方版レッドデータブックからみた日本の海岸植物の絶滅危惧の現状－本州・四国・九州における状況. 環境情報科学論文集, 20, 71－76.

1, 内田圭・浅見佳世・武田義明. 2006. 兵庫県南東部，六甲山地における二次林の面積と種多様性の約50年間の変化. ランドスケープ研究, 69, 497－502.

Bulletins

3, Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru. 2014. Biodiversity Has Been Maintained with Intermediate Disturbance in Traditional Agricultural Lands. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 95 (4), 439-443

2, 栃本大介・服部保・内田圭・澤田佳宏. 2012. 六甲山地の照葉樹林における維管束着生植物の種多様性. 兵庫県立淡路景観園芸学校紀要, 14, 1－10.

1, 内田圭・藤木大介・岸本康誉. 2012. 兵庫県本州部の落葉広葉樹林におけるニホンジカによる土壌侵食被害の現状. 兵庫県森林動物研究センター. 兵庫ワイルドライフモノグラフ, 4, 69－90.

研究資金

15，学術振興会科学研究費　基盤B． 分担　（代表：深野祐也　准教授）2024 年4月- 2028年3月.　「都市植物における急速な高温適応の解明」

14，学術振興会科学研究費　国際共同B． 分担　（代表：加藤洋一郎　教授）2022 年4月- 2027年3月.　「雑草競合耐性イネを活用したモンスーンアジア直播稲作の環境保全型管理」

13，学術振興会科学研究費　基盤B． 分担　（代表：小山明日香　主任研究員）2024 年4月- 2025年3月.　「森林草原生態系の一体的管理を目指す：森林に遺された過去の草原性種子からの挑戦」

12, 学術振興会科学研究費　基盤B． 分担　（代表：国立科学博物館　小川義和　博士）2021 年4月- 2022年3月.　「GISを用いた植生管理と環境教育システムの開発による天然記念物の保護と活用」

11, 学術振興会科学研究費　基盤B． 分担　（代表：深野祐也　助教）2021 年4月- 2023年3月.　「人為環境下における植物群集の急速な形質進化と群集への波及効果」

10, 学術振興会科学研究費　若手研究．代表．2020年4月- 2023年3月 学術振興会科学研究費　若手研究．代表．「メガシティにおける都市緑地の生物多様性と生態系サービスの評価」

9,   学術振興会科学研究費　基盤B．分担．（代表：赤坂宗光　准教授）．2020年4月- 2022年3月.「人口減少時代の多様性保全計画：保全される生物と保全する人間に注目した枠組みの構築」

8, 祖母・傾・大崩ユネスコエコパーク移行地域自然環境調査助成事業．代表．2019年6月～2020年2月． 「エコパーク内における棚田の植物および昆虫群集保全のための群集成立パターンの解明」

7, プロナトゥーラファンド助成．副代表．2017年10月～2019年12月．「長野県霧ヶ峰高原での防鹿柵設置による絶滅危惧動植物の保全・再生効果」

6, 国土交通省．河川砂防技術研究開発公募．分担．2017年4月～～2020年3月．「撹乱レガシーと生物多様性の再生に関する研究」

5, 日本生命財団環境問題研究助成．代表．2015年10月～2016年9月．「長野県南部地域の半自然草原における植物および植食性昆虫の多様性減少メカニズムの解明」

4, 増進会自然環境保全研究活動助成．代表．2015年7月～2016年5月．「メタゲノム解析を用いたアカハネバッタの食草および生息環境の解明」

3, 学術振興会特別研究員DC―PD．2013―14年度奨励費．2013年4月～2015年3月．「半自然草原における植食性昆虫の減少メカニズム‐植物群集・景観の変化による影響‐」

2, 生態学会近畿地区2012年度研究助成．代表．2012年8月～2013年3月．「半自然草原における植食性昆虫の減少メカニズムの解明‐植物群集の変化による影響」

1, 関西自然保護機構．研究助成．代表．2011年6月～2012年3月．「棚田畦畔における植物と植食性昆虫群集の多様性の成立要因および生物多様性保全」

受賞歴

10,  日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)最優秀賞．第69回日本生態学会．唐木田耕大, 森健人, 岩知道優樹, 大黒俊哉, 内田圭

9,  日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)最優秀賞．第68回日本生態学会．西村一晟, 橘太希, 内田圭, XIAOMING LU, XUEZHEN ZHAO, YONGFEI BAI, 佐々木雄大

8, 日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)最優秀賞．第65回日本生態学会．札幌大会．岩知道優樹・内田圭・横田樹広・丑丸敦史・佐々木雄大

7, 日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)優秀賞．第64回日本生態学会．東京大会．青島一平・内田圭・丑丸敦史・佐藤真行

6, 日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)優秀賞．第64回日本生態学会．東京大会．篠原直登・内田圭・吉田丈人

5, 日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)最優秀賞. 第63回日本生態学会．仙台大会．長井拓馬・丑丸敦史・内田圭

4, 環境科学会2016年会．最優秀発表賞 (富士電機賞)．青島一平・内田圭・丑丸敦史・佐藤真行

3, 日本生態学会全国大会賞(ポスター賞)優秀賞. 第61回日本生態学会．広島大会．中濱直之・内田圭・丑丸敦史・井鷺裕司

2, 日本昆虫学会近畿支部．若手発表賞．中濱直之・内田圭・丑丸敦史・井鷺裕司

1, The 59th Ecological Society of Japan and the 5th East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies. Excellent Poster Award. Kei Uchida, Atushi Ushimaru

Presentations

[poster / international]

5, Kei Uchida and Satoshi Yamamoto. Declines in host plants of a endangered grasshopper species in semi-natural grassland (a case study). Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station, the Chinese Academy of Science. 2017.

4, Kei Uchida and Atushi Ushimaru. 2013. Spatial and temporal beta-diversity of herbivorous insects declines due to land-use changes in agricultural semi-natural grasslands in Japan. INTECOL2013. London-United kingdom.

3, Kei Uchida and Atushi Ushimaru. 2012. Does Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis explain mechanisms of biodiversity decline in agricultural lands? Perennial plants play key roles in maintaining herbivorous insect diversity. The97th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland-United States of America. 

2, Kei Uchida and Atushi Ushimaru. 2012. Mechanism of decrease in herbivorous insects diversity in semi-natural grassland - Effects of changes in plant community -. The59th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan and The 5th East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies. Shiga-Japan.

1, Takeshi Suka, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Atushi Ushimaru, Kei Uchida and Takakazu Yumoto. 2012. Historical fires on grasslands in central Japan and its causation to distributions of grassland species of bumblebees and endangered butterflies. The26th International Congress of Entomology. Daegu-South Korea.