- Publication
- Kawatsu, K., Ushio, M., Van Veen, F.J.K. & Kondoh, M.* (accepted). Are networks of trophic interactions sufficient for understanding the dynamics of multi-trophic communities? Analysis of a tri-trophic insect food-web time-series. Ecology Letters.
- Kawatsu, K.*, (2020). Ecology and evolution of density-dependence. In: Diversity of Functional Traits and Interactions: Perspectives on Community Dynamics. (ed. Mougi, A.). Springer, Singapore, pp. 161–174.
- Ushio, M.* & Kawatsu, K., (2020). Forecasting ecological time series using empirical dynamic modelling: a tutorial for simplex projection and S-map. In: Diversity of Functional Traits and Interactions: Perspectives on Community Dynamics. (ed. Mougi, A.). Springer, Singapore, pp. 193–213.
- Kondoh, M.*, Kawatsu, K., Osada, Y. & Ushio, M. (2020). A data-driven approach to complex ecological systems. In: Theoretical Ecology, Concepts and Applications. (eds. McCann, K.S. & Gellner, G.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
- Kawatsu, K.*, Yamanaka, T. Patoèka, J. & Liebhold, A.M. (2020). Nonlinear time series analysis unravels the underlying mechanisms of interspecific synchrony among foliage-feeding forest Lepidoptera species. Population Ecology, 62, 5–14. DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12025.
- Satake, A.*, Kawatsu, K., Teshima, K., Kabeya, D. & Han. Q. (2019). Field transcriptome revealed a novel relationship between nitrate transport and flowering in Japanese beech. Scientific Reports, 9, No. 4325. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39608-1.
- Satake, A.*, Kawatsu, K., Chiba, Y., Kitamura, K. & Han, Q. (2019). Synchronized expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T between branches underlies mass flowering in Fagus crenata. Population Ecology, 61, 5–13. DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.1010.
- Kawatsu, K.* & Kondoh, M. (2018). Density-dependent interspecific interactions and the complexity-stability relationship. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285, 20180698. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0698.
- Kawatsu, K.* (2018). Ecological effects of sex differ with trophic positions in a simple food web. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1239–1246. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3740.
- Kawatsu, K.* & Kishi, S. (2018). Identifying critical interactions in complex dynamics between bean beetles. Oikos, 127, 553–560. DOI: 10.1111/oik.04103 (both authors are equally contributed).
- Kawatsu, K.* (2015). Red Queen dancing in the lek: effects of mating skew on host-parasite interactions. Ecology and Evolution, 4, 5432–5440. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1809.
- Kawatsu, K.* (2015). Breaking the parthenogenesis fertilization barrier: direct and indirect selection pressures promote male fertilization of parthenogenetic females. Evolutionary Ecology, 23, 49–62. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-014-9749-0.
- Kobayashi, K.*, Hasegawa, E., Yamamoto, Y., Kawatsu, K., Vargo, E.L., Yoshimura, J. & Matsuura, K. (2013). Sex ratio biases in termites provide evidence for kin selection. Nature Communications, 4, No. 3048. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3048.
- Kawatsu, K.* & Matsuura, K. (2013). Preadaptation for parthenogenetic reproduction in subterranean termites Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Ethology, 31, 123–128. DOI: 10.1007/s10164-012-0356-7.
- Kawatsu, K.* (2013). Sexual conflict over the maintenance of sex: effects of sexually antagonistic coevolution for reproductive isolation of parthenogenesis. PLOS ONE, 8, e58141. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone/0058141.
- Kawatsu, K.* (2013). Sexually antagonistic coevolution for sexual harassment can act as a barrier to further invasions of parthenogenesis. The American Naturalist, 181, 223–234. DOI: 10.1086/668832.
- Kawatsu, K.* (2013). Effects of nutritional conditions on larval food requisition behavior in subterranean termites Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Ethology, 31, 17–22. DOI: 10.1007/s10164-012-0343-z.
- Noriyuki, S.*, Kawatsu, K. & Osawa, N. (2012). Maternal trophic egg provisioning in non-eusocial animals. Population Ecology, 54, 455–465. DOI: 10.1007/s10144-012-03176.
- Matsuura, K.*, Vargo, E.L., Kawatsu, K., Labadie, P., Nakano, H., Yashiro, T. & Tsuji, K. (2009). Queen succession through asexual reproduction in termites. Science, 323, 1687. DOI: 10.1126/science.1169702.
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- Papers (in prep or submitted)
- Kawatsu, K. et al. (in prep).
- Kawatsu, K. et al. (in prep).
- Kasai, A. et al. (in prep).
- Kawatsu, K. et al. (in revision).
- Kadowaki, K. et al. (in revision).
- Review experience
Animal Behaviour; Applied Entomology and Zoology; Ecological Informatics; Ecological Research; Ecology and Evolution; Ecology Letters (*2); Evolution (*2); Evolutionary Ecology; Frontiers in Microbiology; Insect Sociaux; Integrative and Comparative Biology; Journal of Ethology; Journal of Evolutionary Biology (*2); Journal of Theoretical Biology; Nature Ecology & Evolution (*2); Oikos; PeerJ; PLOS Biology; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA; Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Japanese Journal of Ecology.