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Current interests
 水生生物 Aquatic (freshwater and saltwater) organisms
 代替繁殖戦術 Alternative reproductive tactics
 行動・形態・色彩の適応 Behavioral and morphological (colouration and body size) adaptation
 社会選択とコミュニケ―ション Social selection & Communication
 意思決定と情報利用  Decision-making, and Social information use
 生物間相互作用 Species interaction
 種間のコミュニケーション Interspecific communication
 生物多様性 Biodiversity
 














Ongoing research theme
 ヘビギンポの配偶後の性選択 (隠れた雌の選択・配偶子/受精動態・精子競争)
 Post-mating sexual selection in triplefin blenny (cryptic female choice; gamete/fertilization dynamics; sperm competition)
 ヘビギンポのスニーカーの意思決定・情報利用 (認知能力・経済性理論・逃避・ゲーム理論・捕食・可塑性・感覚・スニーキング)
  Decision-making and social information use in sneaker triplefin (cognitive ability; economic theory; escape; game theory; plasticity; predation; sensation;sneaking)
 ヘビギンポ及びシクリッド科魚類の色彩を用いたコミュニケーションと社会選択 (ディアエネミー・性選択・信号・なわばり)
 Social selection through color communication in triplefin and cichlids (dear enemy; sexual selection; signal; territory)
 シクリッド科魚類における代替繁殖戦術の進化 (生態・系統)
 Evolution of alternative reprocuctive tactics in Lake Tanganyika cichlids (ecology; phylogeny)
 シクリッド科魚類における親子対立 (摂食・給餌・餌乞い)
 Parent-offspring cxonflict in a cichlid Neolamprologus mondabu (foraging; provisioning; solicitation)
 シクリッドの競争種共存機構 (片利・促進効果・相利・寄生)
 Competitive coexistence in Lake Tanganyika cichlids (commensalism; facilitation; mutualism; parasitism)


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