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  • Okada R, Ito Y, Yamasaki M (2025-04) Antennal responses to volatiles related to host location in the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Murayama). Journal of Chemical Ecology 51: 27.
  • 10.1007/s10886-025-01580-8
  • Suetsugu K, Okada H, Hirota SK, Yamasaki M, Imaichi R, Ebihara A (2025-02) Drastic mycorrhizal community shifts in Sceptridium ferns during the generational transition from fully mycoheterotrophic gametophytes to photosynthetic sporophytes. New Phytologist 245(4): 1705-1711.
  • 10.1111/nph.20330
  • Pham DL, Ito Y, Yamasaki M (2025-02) Response of the oak ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Platypodinae) to volatiles from fresh and dried leaves. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 19: 5.
  • 10.1007/s11829-024-10114-0
  • Suetsugu K, Yamasaki M (2024-12) Influence of body size on the dual role of isopod Porcellio scaber in seed dispersal and predation of the mycoheterotrophic plant Monotropastrum humile. Ecological Entomology 49(6): 970-973.
  • 10.1111/een.13356
  • Hata C, Endo C, Tanaka H, Hiruma M, Kumamoto M, Takenaka I, Makino T, Niinaka K, Suyama Y, Hirota SK, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y (2024-11) Conservation units and the origin of planted individuals of an endangered endemic species Lobelia boninensis in the Ogasawara Islands. Scientific Reports 14: 27410.
  • 10.1038/s41598-024-78452-w
  • Katafuchi M, Narita S, Komaki Y, Nagano AJ, Yukawa T, Suyama Y, Hirota SK, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y (2024-09) Comprehensive genetic analysis reveals the genetic structure and diversity of Calanthe hoshii (Orchidaceae), an endemic species of the Ogasawara Islands: Implications for appropriate conservation of a critically endangered species. Plant Species Biology　39(5): 297-305.
  • 10.1111/1442-1984.12479
  • Sakaguchi S, Fukumoto S, Yamasaki M (2024-07) Gamblea innovans f. simplicifolia (Araliaceae), a new form discovered in Honshu, Japan. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 75(2): 113-115.
  • 10.18942/apg.202405
  • Yamasaki M, Tatsumi K, Kobayashi T, Ito Y (2024-02) Wrong landing on a non-host occurs under the canopy of a host: the presumed path of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus to approach its host. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 26(1): 135-147.
  • 10.1111/afe.12601
  • Kadowaki K, Honjo M, Nakamura N, Kotagawa Y, Ishihara MI, Matsuoka S, Tachiki Y, Fukushima K, Sakaguchi S, Mizuki I, Fujiki D, Sakai M, Takayanagi A, Yamasaki M, Tokuchi N, Takahashi D, Nagasawa K, Masuda K (2023-11) eDNA metabarcoding analysis reveals the consequence of creating ecosystem-scale refugia from deer grazing for the soil microbial communities. Environmental DNA 5(6): 1732-1742.
  • 10.1002/edn3.498
  • Yamasaki M, Tatsumi K, Ito Y (2023-10) Capture of the oak ambrosia beetle within the host tree canopy. The Canadian Entomologist 155: E28.
  • 10.4039/tce.2023.20
  • Kuma H, Ito Y, Ikeno H, Yamasaki M (2021-04) Beetles prefer steeply angled crevices: effects of wood surface structure on the initiation of hole boring on Platypus quercivorus. Journal of Forest Research 26(2): 155-160.
  • 10.1080/13416979.2020.1870064
  • Pham DL, Ito Y, Okada R, Ikeno H, Yamasaki M (2021-04) Females invest more energy in flight: flight characteristics of Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) revealed by a flight mill. Journal of Forest Research 26(2): 143-151.
  • 10.1080/13416979.2021.1872761
  • Pham DL, Ito Y, Okada R, Ikeno H, Kazama, H, Mori, N, Yamasaki M (2020-12) Platypus quercivorus ambrosia beetles use leaf volatiles in host selection. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 168(12): 928-939.
  • 10.1111/eea.12993
  • Mizuki I, Itô H, Yamasaki M, Fukumoto S, Okamoto Y, Katsuki M, Fukushima K, Sakai M, Sakaguchi S, Fujiki D, Nakagawa H, Ishihara MI, Takayanagi A (2020-06) Seasonal and annual fluctuations of deer populations estimated by a Bayesian state-space model. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0225872.
  • 10.1371/journal.pone.0225872
  • Pham DL, Ito Y, Okada R, Ikeno H, Isagi Y, Yamasaki M (2019-11) Effects of leaf conditions and flight activity on the behaviour of Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 143(9): 1000-1010.
  • 10.1111/jen.12671
  • Sakaguchi S, Horie K, Ishikawa N, Nishio S, Worth, JRP, Fukushima K, Yamasaki M, Ito M (2019-01) Maintenance of soil ecotypes of Solidago virgaurea in close parapatry via divergent flowering time and selection against immigrants. Journal of Ecology 107(1): 418-435.
  • 10.1111/1365-2745.13034
  • Okada R, Pham DL, Ito Y, Yamasaki M, Ikeno H (2018-08) Measuring the flight ability of the ambrosia beetle, Platypus quercivorus (Murayama), using a low-cost, small, and easily constructed flight mill. Journal of Visualized Experiments 138: e57468.
  • 10.3791/57468
  • Sakata Y, Craig T, Itami J, Yamasaki M, Ohgushi T (2017-11) Parallel environmental factors drive variation in insect density and plant resistance in the native and invaded ranges. Ecology 98(11): 2873-2884.
  • 10.1002/ecy.1978
  • Pham DL, Ito Y, Okada R, Ikeno H, Isagi Y, Yamasaki M (2017-05) Phototactic behavior of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) before and after flight. Journal of Insect Behavior 30(3): 318-330.
  • 10.1007/s10905-017-9615-3
  • Ando H, Sasaki T, Horikoshi K, Suzuki H, Chiba H, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y (2017-04) Wide-ranging movement and foraging strategy of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina nitens): findings from a remote uninhabited island. Pacific Science 71(2): 161-170.
  • 10.2984/71.2.5
  • Yamasaki M, Kaneko T, Takayanagi A, Ando M (2016-08) Analysis of oak tree mortality to predict ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus movement. Forest Science 62(4): 377-384.
  • 10.5849/forsci.15-121
  • Iidzuka H, Goto, H, Yamasaki M, Osawa N (2016-08) Wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae, Platypodidae) captured in ethanol-baited traps in a natural forest in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology 51(3): 347-352.
  • 10.1007/s13355-016-0406-7
  • Sakata Y, Yamasaki M, Ohgushi T (2016-07) Urban landscape and forest vegetation regulate the range expansion of an exotic lace bug Corythucha marmorata (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Entomological Science 19(3): 315-318.
  • 10.1111/ens.12197
  • Nakahama N, Yamasaki M, Takayanagi A (2016-07) Mass emergence of a specialist sawfly species on unpalatable herbs under severe feeding pressure by sika deer. Entomological Science 19(3): 268-274.
  • 10.1111/ens.12181
  • Izuno A, Tanabe AS, Toju H, Yamasaki M, Indrioko S, Isagi Y (2016-05) Structure of phyllosphere fungal communities in a tropical dipterocarp plantation: a massively parallel next-generation sequencing analysis. Mycoscience 57(3): 171-180.
  • 10.1016/j.myc.2015.12.005
  • Ando H, Setsuko S, Horikoshi K, Suzuki H, Umehara S, Yamasaki M, Hanya G, Inoue-Murayama M, Isagi Y (2016-04) Seasonal and inter-island variation in the foraging strategy of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens in disturbed island habitats derived from high-throughput sequencing. Ibis 158(2): 291-304.
  • 10.1111/ibi.12345
  • Tarno H, Qi H, Yamasaki M, Kobayashi M, Futai K (2016-02) The behavioral role of males of Platypus quercivorus Murayama in their subsocial colonies. Agrivita 38(1): 47-54.
  • 10.17503/agrivita.v38i1.778
  • Sakata Y, Yamasaki M (2015-12) Deer overbrowsing on autumn-flowering plants causes bumblebee decline and impairs pollination service. Ecosphere 6(12): 274.
  • 10.1890/ES15-00401.1
  • Nakahara F, Ando H, Ito H, Murakami A, Morimoto N, Yamasaki M, Takayanagi A, Isagi Y (2015-11) The applicability of DNA barcoding for dietary analysis of sika deer. DNA Barcodes 3: 200-206.
  • 10.1515/dna-2015-0021
  • Sakata Y, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y, Ohgushi T (2014-09) An exotic herbivorous insect drives the evolution of resistance in the exotic perennial herb Solidago altissima. Ecology 95(9): 2569-2578.
  • 10.1890/13-1455.1
  • Sakata Y, Sakaguchi S, Yamasaki M (2014-05) Does community-level floral abundance affect the pollination success of a rewardless orchid Calanthe reflexa Maxim.? Plant Species Biology 29(2): 159-168.
  • 10.1111/1442-1984.12004
  • Iidzuka H, Goto H, Yamasaki M, Osawa N (2014-04) Ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) on Fagus crenata Blume: community structure, seasonal population trends, and resource utilization patterns. Entomological Science 17(2): 167-180.
  • 10.1111/ens.12042
  • Yamasaki M, Ito Y, Ando M (2014-03) Mass attack by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus occurs in single trees and in groups of trees. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44(3): 243-249.
  • 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0273
    https://hdl.handle.net/2433/182933
  • Yamasaki M, Ito Y, Ando M (2014-02) The effect of stem density on the probability of attack by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus varies with spatial scale. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 16(1): 54-62.
  • 10.1111/afe.12033
    https://hdl.handle.net/2433/196887
  • Mizusawa L, Takimoto G, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y, Hasegawa M (2014-01) Comparison of pollination characteristics between the insular shrub Clerodendrum izuinsulare and its widespread congener C. trichotomum. Plant Species Biology 29(1): 73-84.
  • 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2012.00385.x
  • Mizuki I, Sakaguchi S, Fukushima K, Sakai M, Takayanagi A, Fujiki D, Yamasaki M (2013-12) Among-year variation in deer population density index estimated from drive count surveys. Journal of Forest Research 18(6): 491-497.
  • 10.1007/s10310-012-0379-5
  • Worth JRP, Sakaguchi S, Tanaka N, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y (2013-02) Northern richness and southern poverty: contrasting genetic footprints of glacial refugia in the relictual tree Sciadopitys verticillata (Coniferales: Sciadopityaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(2): 263-277.
  • 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02017.x
  • Sakaguchi S, Yamasaki M, Tanaka C, Isagi Y (2012-12) Examining the factors influencing leaf disease intensity of Kalopanax septemlobus (Thunb. ex Murray) Koidzumi (Araliaceae) over multiple spatial scales: from the individual, forest stand, to the regions in the Japanese Archipelago. Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 35(4): 359-365.
  • 10.5141/JEFB.2012.032
  • Yamasaki M, Iizuka H, Futai K (2012-09) Reproductive success of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus on Quercus laurifolia planted in Japan. Forest Research, Kyoto 78: 29-38.
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2433/193447
  • Naito R, Yamasaki M, Imanishi A, Natuhara Y, Morimoto Y (2012-09) Effects of water management, connectivity, and surrounding land use on habitat use by frogs in rice paddies in Japan. Zoological Science 29(9): 577-584.
  • 10.2108/zsj.29.577
  • Sakaguchi S, Qiu Y-X, Liu Y-H, Qi X-S, Kim S-H, Han J, Takeuchi Y, Worth, JRP, Yamasaki M, Sakurai S, Isagi Y (2012-08) Climate oscillation during the Quaternary associated with landscape heterogeneity promoted allopatric lineage divergence of a temperate tree Kalopanax septemlobus (Araliaceae) in East Asia. Molecular Ecology 21(15): 3823-3838.
  • 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05652.x
  • Yamasaki M, Futai K (2012-04) Discrimination among host tree species by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus. Journal of Forest Research 17(2): 149-155.
  • 10.1007/s10310-011-0280-7
    https://hdl.handle.net/2433/154895
  • Sakaguchi S, Takeuchi Y, Yamasaki M, Sakurai S, Isagi Y (2011-10) Lineage admixture during postglacial range expansion is responsible for the increased gene diversity of Kalopanax septemlobus in a recently colonised territory. Heredity 107(4): 338-348.
  • 10.1038/hdy.2011.20
  • Sakaguchi S, Sakurai S, Yamasaki M, Isagi Y (2010-11) How did the exposed seafloor function in postglacial northward range expansion of Kalopanax septemlobus? Evidence from ecological niche modelling. Ecological Research 25(6): 1183-1195.
  • 10.1007/s11284-010-0743-x
  • Mizuki I, Yamasaki M, Kakutani T, Isagi Y (2010-04) Negligible impact of deer-induced habitat degradation on the genetic diversity of extant Bombus diversus populations in comparison with museum specimens. Journal of Insect Conservation 14(2): 191-198.
  • 10.1007/s10841-009-9245-y
  • Yamasaki M, Sakimoto M (2009-12) Predicting oak tree mortality caused by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in a cool-temperate forest. Journal of Applied Entomology 133(9-10): 673-681.
  • 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01435.x
  • Yamasaki M, Futai K (2008-05) Host selection by Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) before and after flying to trees. Applied Entomology and Zoology 43(2): 249-257.
  • 10.1303/aez.2008.249
  • Yamasaki M, Iwatake A, Futai K (2007-10) A low Platypus quercivorus hole density does not necessarily indicate a small flying population. Journal of Forest Research 12(5): 384-387.
  • 10.1007/s10310-007-0032-x
  • Ishihara MI, Yamasaki M, Yoshikawa J (2007-09) Spatial distribution and abundance of bud galls caused by eriophyoid mites among host trees Carpinus tschonoskii. Journal of Applied Entomology 131(8): 585-587.
  • 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01207.x
  • Maehara N, Tsuda K, Yamasaki M, Shirakikawa S, Futai K (2006-03) Effect of fungus inoculation on the number of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) carried by Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Nematology 8(1): 59-67.
  • 10.1163/156854106776179944
  • Yamasaki M, Kikuzawa K (2003-10) Temporal and spatial variations in leaf herbivory within a canopy of Fagus crenata. Oecologia 137(2): 226-232.
  • 10.1007/s00442-003-1337-x
  • Proceedings
  • Futai K, Kiku H, Qi H, Tarno H, Takeuchi Y, Yamasaki M (2012-10) Host preference of the vector beetle, host resistance, and expanding patterns of Japanese oak wilt in a stand. Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on the Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions in Forestry: Disease and Insect Resistance in Forest Trees, pp 126-130.
  • https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr240/psw_gtr240_126.pdf
  • Yamasaki M (2006-03) What causes spatio-temporal variations in leaf herbivory levels within a canopy of Fagus crenata? Proceedings: IUFRO Kanazawa 2003 "Forest Insect Population Dynamics and Host Influences", pp.31-36.
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2297/6219
  • Reports
  • Yamasaki M, Iwatake A, Futai K (2006-05) Infestation patterns of Platypus quercivorus on four species of Fagaceae. Reports of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) "Research and formulation of antagonistic fungi to control Japanese Oak Wilt" (Research Project Number: 15380106), pp.64-74.
  • Michimasa Yamasaki, E-mail: riseiyam@gmail.com