Researcher Information

TAKAGI Masaoki

Professor

Speciation and Ecology in avian species

Department of Biological Sciences, Biodiversity

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Theme

Ecological views points are prerequisite to understand avian species diversity in a community, and molecular diversity in a species. Not to leap at the latest research fashion, we aim to patiently accumulate biological significant data one hundred years later.

FieldIsland Biology, Ecology, Population Ecology, Ornithology, Behavioural Ecology
KeywordLife history, Life history strategy, Breeding ecology, Breeding disperasal, Natal disperasal, Inbreeding, Inbreeding Dipression, Ocenic island, Continental island, Islands/Archiperago, Minami-daito Island/Kita-daito Island, The Nansei Islands, The Ogasawara Archipelago, Ishikari City, Sappro City, Ryukyu Scops Owl, Bull-headed Shrike, Brown Shike, Ruddy Kingfisher

Introduction of Research

The number of bird species varies more than ten thousand in the world. Many closely related species and quite a lot of subspecies distribute peripherally. It is difficult to understand the diversity from only a view point of geographical isolation. Then, ecological views points are prerequisite to understand avian species diversity in a community, and molecular diversity in a species. We conduct researches in a verity of aspects from geographic information systems (GIS) to molecular biology including behavioral technics. However, at any rate, what’s most important is that we persistently observe our research objectives in the field to give our study originality. Not to leap at the latest research fashion, we aim to patiently accumulate biological significant data one hundred years later.

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Ryukyu Scops-owl Otus elegans elegans on Nalano-shina Island.
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Japanese Scops-owl Otus lempiji pryeri on Okinawa-jima Island.
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Ryukyu Scops-owl Otus elegans elegans on Miyako Island
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Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda bangsi on Miyako-jima Island.
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Ryukyu Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata illex on Miyako-jima Island.
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Brown Shroke Lanius cristatus superciliosus at Ina, Nagano prefecrure.

Representative Achievements

Vocalizations of the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans : individually recognizable and stable. M. Takagi. Bioacoustics, 2018.
Fine-scale spatial genetic structure in the Minami-daito Island population of the Ryukyu scops owl Otus elegans. A. Sawada, T. Iwasaki, M. Takagi. Journal of Zoology, 2018.
Song performance is a condition‐dependent dynamic trait honestly indicating the quality of paternal care in the bull‐headed shrike. Y. Nishida, M. Takagi. Journal of Avian Biology, 2018.
Distinctive Features of the Skull of the Ryukyu Scops Owl from Minami-Daito Island, Revealed by Computed Tomography Scanning. A Sawada, T. Yamasaki, Y. Iwami, M. Takagi, Ornithological Sciemce. 2018.17:45-55.
Habitat Selection by the Bull-Headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus on the Daito Islands at the Southwestern Limit of Its Breeding Range. 2017. Ornithologcal Science, 16:79-87.
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Academic degreePh. D.
Academic background1997 Graduated, Grauate School of Abriculture, Hokkaido University
1997-1998 JSPS Post-doctral fellow, Rikkyo University
1998 Research associate, Osaka City University.
2001 Visitting accademic, Merborn University.
2006 Lecturer, Osaka City University.
2008 Associate professor, Osaka City University.
2016 - Present
Affiliated academic societyOrnithological Society of Japan, Ecological Society of Japan, Japanese Bird Banding Association
Room addressScience Building No. 5 5-513