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Research Theme

Research interests

• Plant-animal interactions
• Ant-plant mutualism
• Plant-plant interactions
• Information procession and behaviour in plant

Publications

• Yamawo A., Suzuki N. (in press) Induction and relaxation of extrafloral nectaries in response to simulated herbivory in young Mallotus japonicus plants. Journal of Plant Research.
• Yamawo A., Sato M., Mukai H. (2017) Experimental evidence for benefit of self discrimination in roots of a clonal plant. AoB PLANTS. 9: plx049.
• Suetsugu K., Shitara T., Yamawo A. (2017) Seed dispersal by ants in the fully mycoheterotrophic plant Sciapila secundiflora (Triuridaceae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 20: 914-917.
• Yamawo A., Mukai H. (2017) Seeds integrate biological information about conspecific and allospecific neighbours. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284: 1857 
• Shirahama S, Yamawo A., Tokuda M. (2017) Dimorphism in the production of leaf trichomes in Persicaria lapathifolia (Polygonaceae) and their multiple defensive effects against herbivores insects. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 11: 683-690.
• Yamawo A., Suzuki N. (2017) Concentration and retention of chlorophyll around the extrafloral nectary of Mallotus japonicus. Ecology and Evolution. 7: 3987-3991.
• Yamawo A., Hada Y., Tagawa J. (2017) Aggressiveness of ants attracted to the extrafloral nectary bearing plant, Mallotus japonicus, and temporal fluctuations in their abundance. Entomological Science. 20: 150-155.
• Yamawo A. (2017) Plasticity and efficacy of defense strategies against herbivory in ant-visited plants growing in variable abiotic conditions. In Ant-Plant Interactions Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems. (eds. Paulo S. Oliveira & Suzanne Koptur) Cambridge University Press.
• Yamawo A., Tagawa J. (2016) Leaf damage affects on leaf expansion timing in Mallotus japonicus (Euphorbiaceae). Plant Species Biology, 31: 141-147.
• Fukano Y., Yamawo A. (2015) Self-discrimination in the tendrils of the vine Cayratia japonica is mediated by physiological connection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282: 20151379.
• Yamawo A.(2015) Extrafloral nectaries of Melia azedarach (Meliaceae): The first record for Genus Melia. The Journal of Japanese Botany, 90: 404-406.
• Tanaka K., Ogata K., Mukai H., Yamawo A., Tokuda M. (2015) Adaptive advantage of myrmecochory in the ant-dispersed herb Lamium amplexicaule L. (Lamiaceae): Predation avoidance through the deterrence of postdispersal seed predators. Plos one, 10: e0133677.
• Yamawo A., Tokuda M., Katayama N., Yahara T., Tagawa J. (2015) Ant-attendance in extrafloral nectar-bearing plants promotes growth and decreases the expression of traits related to direct defenses. Evolutionary Biology, 42: 191-198.
• Tanaka K., Yamawo A., Yano O. (2015) Seed dispersal by ants in Carex oxyandra var. oxyandra (Cyperaceae) from Japan. The Journal of Japanese Botany, 90: 131-135.
• Yamawo A. (2015) Relatedness of neighboring plants alters the expression of indirect defense traits in an extrafloral nectary-bearing plant. Evolutionary Biology, 42: 12-19.
• Yamawo A., Tokuda M. (2015) Extrafloral nectar production and plant defense strategies. In Nectar: production, chemical composition and benefits to animal and plants. (ed. Robin L. Peck.) Nova science publishers.pp. 59-76.
• Yamawo A, Tagawa J., Hada Y., Suzuki N. (2014) Different combinations of multiple defence traits in an extrafloral nectary-bearing plant growing under various habitat conditions. Journal of Ecology, 102: 238-247.
• Yamawo A, Tagawa J., Suzuki N. (2014) Two Mallotus species of different life histories adopt different defense strategies in relation to leaf age. Plant Species Biology 29: 152-158.

Laboratory

The Forest Ecology Laboratory (Yamawo Lab.) focuses on biological interactions. Especially, we focus on the evolutionary and ecological responses of plants, which are major producers of terrestrial ecosystems, and the influence they have on other organisms. Our main study fields are Hakkoda Mountain, Shirakami Mountain, and Satoyama around these mountains.