高木　昌興 (タカギ　マサオキ)

理学研究院　生物科学部門　多様性生物学分野教授
Last Updated :2024/12/03

■研究者基本情報

学位

  • 博士(農学), 北海道大学, 1997年03月

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ORCID ID

J-Global ID

研究キーワード

  • 保全生態学
  • 生物音響学
  • 生物地理学
  • 鳥類生態学
  • 島嶼生物学
  • Ornithology
  • Animal Ecology

研究分野

  • ライフサイエンス, 進化生物学
  • ライフサイエンス, 多様性生物学、分類学
  • 環境・農学, 生物資源保全学
  • ライフサイエンス, 生態学、環境学

■経歴

学歴

  • 1997年03月, 北海道大学, 農学研究科, 農業生物学専攻, 日本国

委員歴

  • 2017年01月 - 現在
    山階鳥類学雑誌, 編集委員, 学協会
  • 2014年04月 - 現在
    山階鳥類研究所, 特任研究員, その他
  • 2007年01月 - 現在
    日本鳥学会, 評議員, 学協会
  • 2006年08月 - 現在
    International Ornithological Union, IO Committee, 学協会

■研究活動情報

受賞

  • 2021年12月, 日本生態学会北海道地区会, 奨励賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    果樹園で繁殖する絶滅に瀕する渡り⿃の個体数減少に⽣活史戦略が与える影響
    ⾚松あかり, ⻘⽊⼤輔, 松宮裕秋, 原星⼀, 古巻翔平, 髙⽊昌興
  • 2021年03月, 第68回日本生態学会, ポスター賞最優秀（行動）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    体サイズに関する同類交配は積極的な配偶者選びの結果か：長期研究データによる検証
    澤田 明;岩崎 哲也;高木 昌興
  • 2019年10月, 日本鳥学会, ポスター賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    餌資源の豊富ななわばりで冬を越せた個体は、その後の繁殖が上手くいくのか？
    西田有佑;高木昌興
  • 2019年09月, 個体群生態学会, ポスター賞優秀賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    分散距離の性差が先か？近親交配の回避が先か？
    澤田明;小野遥;高木昌興
  • 2019年03月, 石狩川流域湿地・水辺・海岸ネットワーク, 第3回フォーラム学生ポスター最優秀賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    オシドリ奥様のご近所づきあい 種内托卵に根差した生活史研究
    坂本春菜;青木大輔;新田啓子;高木昌興
  • 2019年03月, 日本生態学会, ポスター賞優秀賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    感覚便乗による鳥の声の地理的変異は交配前隔離の機構としてはたらく
    植村慎吾;高木昌興
  • 2019年03月, 日本生態学会, 英語口頭発表Best Award　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Light-level geolocators and phylogeography reveal the evolutionary uniqueness of the Japanese-endemic migratory bird subspecies
    Daisuke AOKI・Haruna SAKAMOTO・Hiroaki MATSUMIYA・Munehiro KITAZAWA;Masaoki TAKAGI
  • 2018年10月, 個体群生態学会, ポスター賞優秀賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Genetic data of an extinct population can offer insights into processes that a natural population successfully colonize a previously uninhabited area
    Daisuke AOKI;Shin MATSUI;Junko NAGATA;Mariko SENDA;Fumiaki NOMANO;Masaoki Takagi
  • 2018年09月, 日本鳥学会, ポスター賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    絶滅した自然集団DNA から生物が新しい集団形成を可能にする条件を探る
    青木大輔;松井晋;永田純子;千田万里子;野間野史明;髙木昌興
  • 2018年03月, 日本生態学会, ポスター賞最優秀賞　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    オスの貯食行動は性選択によって進化した？―モズは「はやにえ」を食べてメスの誘引に重要なさえずりの質を高める―
    西田有佑;高木昌興

論文

  • Population genetics of recent natural colonization by the bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus; Aves) suggests the importance of recurrent immigration on remote islands
    Daisuke Aoki, Shin Matsui, Mari Esashi, Isao Nishiumi, Junco Nagata, Masaoki Takagi
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023年09月07日
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • First Direct Evidence of Inter-Island Dispersal of Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
    Akira Sawada, Kiyohisa Tatematsu, Toshiyuki Kawano, Masaoki Takagi
    Ornithological Science, 22, 2, Ornithological Society of Japan, 2023年07月26日
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Estimation of condition-dependent dispersal kernel with simple Bayesian regression analysis
    Akira Sawada, Tetsuya Iwasaki, Chitose Inoue, Kana Nakaoka, Takumi Nakanishi, Junpei Sawada, Narumi Aso, Syuya Nagai, Haruka Ono, Ryota Murakami, Masaoki Takagi
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 22, 1, 25, 34, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, 2023年01月
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Empirical ornithologists often analyse dispersal distance by histograms separately drawn for categories of individuals (e.g., sexes), and/or by linear models with normal distribution (e.g., ANOVA). However, theoreticians describe dispersal distance by dispersal kernels with various parametric distributions. Therefore, it is a helpful exercise for empiricists to estimate dispersal kernels from field data. As a model case for such an estimation, we analysed dispersal data of the Ryukyu Scops Owls Otus elegans using a Bayesian Weibull regression model. Estimated dispersal kernels showed that males and individuals fledged from late-breeding nests had short natal dispersal distances and that no factors affected breeding dispersal significantly.
  • Mate choice for body size leads to size assortative mating in the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
    Akira Sawada, Tetsuya Iwasaki, Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi
    Ecology and Evolution, 12, 12, Wiley, 2022年12月12日
    研究論文（学術雑誌）, Abstract

    Understanding evolutionary phenomena that involve size assortative mating requires elucidating the generating mechanisms on which assortment is based. Although various mechanisms have been suggested, their relative importance may differ across taxonomic groups. Males selecting for large, fecund females combined with the dominance of large males in the competition for females has been suggested as a major mechanism in specific groups. However, raptors do not appear to conform to this, because the selection for smallness among males (assumed in a theory of reversed sexual size dimorphism) and the selection for largeness among males (assumed in the theory of size assortative mating) are in opposite directions. We studied the assortative mating during a long‐term study of the Ryukyu Scops Owls Otus elegans interpositus. Significant assortative mating was found for culmen length (from the base to the tip of the bill) and wing length (from the bend of the wing to the tip of the longest primary). Statistical control of the spatial and temporal accessibility of potential mates did not affect the assortment. Males with short wings had slightly higher fitness components than those with long wings, and females settling early tended to have small wings. Considering that early‐settling females can preferentially choose their mates, these results suggest that smaller females have an advantage when choosing smaller males with good reproductive performance. Improved flying and hunting ability of smaller individuals may be the background of choosing smaller individuals. We propose that, not passive process like similarity between individuals and their potential mates, but active mate choice for small individuals is an explanation for the assortative mating in this owl.
  • Genetic parent-offspring relationships predict sexual differences in the contributions to parental care in the Tree Sparrow　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Haruna SAKAMOTO, Daisuke AOKI, Shingo UEMURA, Masaoki TAKAGI
    Ornithological Science, 2022年12月, ［最終著者, 責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Replacement of rectrices by wintering White Wagtails: an experiment to examine effects of sex, age, and body condition
    Masaoki Takagi
    Journal of Field Ornithology, 93, 3, Resilience Alliance, Inc., 2022年09月, ［筆頭著者, 責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Sex and age‐class differences in feather mite loads in white wagtails Motacilla alba lugens suggest self‐regulation of feather mites by birds
    Masaoki Takagi
    Journal of Avian Biology, 2022, 7, Wiley, 2022年07月, ［筆頭著者, 責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Random mating and the lack of sex-biased kin clustering in an island population of the bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus
    Fumiaki Y. Nomano, Shin Matsui, Mariko Senda, Yuko Tsuchiya, Masaoki Takagi
    Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 1, 15, Informa UK Limited, 2022年05月10日, ［最終著者, 責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • The Effect of Experience on Parental Role Division in Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
    Ryota Murakami, Akira Sawada, Haruka Ono, Masaoki Takagi
    Ornithological Science, 21, 1, Ornithological Society of Japan, 2022年02月02日, ［最終著者, 責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Formation of macro- and microrefugia explains morphological divergence of the Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius in the Japanese archipelago
    Daisuke Aoki, Yasuko Iwami, Masaoki Takagi
    ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA, 56, 1, 15, 28, MUSEUM & INST ZOOLOGY, 2021年08月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius is a highly polytypic bird species composed of 34-36 subspecies. The contribution of formation of glacial refugia to the evolutionary process that generated its tremendous diversity has not been studied. We investigated the contribution of microrefugia to the subspeciation process of the Eurasian Jay in the Japanese archipelago. By assessing genetic diversity and reconstructing a mitochondrial phylogenetic tree, we asked whether divergence of a subspecies on a peripheral island (Sado Island) from the subspecies on the mainland of the Japanese archipelago (Honshu and Kyushu, hereafter mainland) occurred via formation of a microrefugium outside the mainland macrorefugia. We also assessed morphological differences between the Sado Island and mainland jay populations. We tested whether the observed morphological differences can be explained by adaptation of the Sado Island population to a species-poor microrefugium. Genetic analyses inferred that the Sado Island population survived in a refugium outside the mainland macrorefugia from around the late Middle to Late Pleistocene. The morphology of the Sado Island jay population was characterized by greater trait variance, larger body size, and a disproportionately large bill when compared with the mainland population. These results are consistent with the expected patterns of morphological evolution in microrefugia with reduced species diversity. We suggest the importance of ecological release in a microrefugium on Sado Island for the evolution of geographical variation of the Eurasian Jay in the Japanese archipelago. This is the first study to assess the significance of microrefugia for the diversification of the Eurasian Jay.
  • Missing piece of top predator‐based conservation: Demographic analysis of an owl population on a remote subtropical island
    Akira Sawada, Tetsuya Iwasaki, Chitose Inoue, Kana Nakaoka, Takumi Nakanishi, Junpei Sawada, Narumi Aso, Syuya Nagai, Haruka Ono, Masaoki Takagi
    Population Ecology, 63, 3, 204, 218, Wiley, 2021年07月21日, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）, Abstract

    Top predators are frequently the target of conservation programs. Owls are such predators. However, previous studies of owls are biased to species occurring in temperate regions, whereas most owl species occur in tropical or subtropical regions and are understudied. Furthermore, owls are often endemic to islands and of unknown conservation status. Demographic data for such species are especially scarce although they are essential for initiating and promoting their conservation. As a case study of demographic analysis of owls in a tropical or subtropical area and on islands, we applied an integrated population model to 7‐year monitoring data (2012–2018) of the Ryukyu Scops Owl population on Minami‐daito Island, Japan. We used survival history data from 903 individuals, reproduction and sex ratio data from 213 broods, and count data of 2,526 individuals in total. Long‐term averages of annual survival rates were 0.73 for adult females and 0.74 for adult males, although the sexual difference was not significant. Sex ratio estimates fluctuated annually and long‐term averages were slightly skewed to males: 0.51 among fledglings, 0.54 among yearlings, and 0.52 among adults. Long‐term averages of population size were estimated to be 273.4 females and 296.8 males. The long‐term average of population growth rate was 0.98, suggesting a slightly declining trend. It was fortunate to recognize the declining trend during the early phase. Considering the general lack of fundamental ecological data on owls of tropical or subtropical areas and on islands, it seems likely that many endangered owl populations await conservation efforts.
  • Migration-tracking integrated phylogeography supports long-distance dispersal-driven divergence for a migratory bird species in the Japanese archipelago
    Daisuke Aoki, Haruna Sakamoto, Munehiro Kitazawa, Alexey P. Kryukov, Masaoki Takagi
    ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 11, 11, 6066, 6079, WILEY, 2021年06月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Long-distance dispersal (LDD) outside a species' breeding range contributes to genetic divergence. Previous phylogeographic studies of migratory bird species have not discriminated LDD from vicariant speciation in their diversification process. We conducted an integrative phylogeographic approach to test the LDD hypothesis, which predicts that a Japanese migratory bird subspecies diverged from a population in the coastal region of the East China Sea (CRECS) via LDD over the East China Sea (ECS). Haplotype networks of both mitochondrial and nuclear genes of its three subspecies were reconstructed to examine whether the Japanese subspecies of the Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus superciliosus) diverged from an ancestral CRECS population. A species distribution model (SDM) for the Japanese subspecies was constructed using bioclimatic variables under the maximum entropy algorithm. It was projected backwards to the climate of the last glacial maximum (LGM) to infer the candidate source area of colonization. A migratory route of L. c. superciliosus, which possibly reflects a candidate past colonization route, was tracked by light-level geolocators. Molecular phylogenetic networks suggest that the Japanese subspecies diverged from a population in the CRECS and maintained anciently diverged haplotypes. The SDM inferred that the emerged continental shelf of the ECS and the present CRECS were suitable breeding areas for the Japanese subspecies during the LGM. A major migratory route for L. c. superciliosus was inferred between the CRECS and the Japanese archipelago across the ECS. Our integrative approach supported the LDD hypothesis for divergence of the Japanese subspecies of the Brown Shrike. Shrinkage of the ECS may have been responsible for successful population establishment, due to a sufficient number of migrants overshooting to the Japanese archipelago from the CRECS. Our framework provides a new phylogeographic scenario for this region. Discriminating LDD and vicariance models helps improve our understanding of the phylogeographic histories of migratory species.
  • Growth curve of Ryukyu Scops Owl, an owl species with asynchronous hatching and reversed sexual dimorphism
    Akira Sawada, Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi
    Adea, 21, 3, 1, Netherlands Ornithologists' Union, 2021年, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Reversed sexual size dimorphism in the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans on Minami-daito Island　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Akira Sawada, Tetsuya Iwasaki, Taro Matsuo, Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 20, 1, 2021年01月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Population genetics of recent colonization suggests the importance of recurrent immigration on remote islands
    Daisuke Aoki, Shin Matsui, Mari Esashi, Isao Nishiumi, Junco Nagata, Masaoki Takagi
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020年12月24日
    研究論文（学術雑誌）, Abstract

    Founder effects and recurrent immigration are two major factors that might potentially contribute to genetic differentiation and population persistence in the early stage of remote island colonization. However, their relative importance remains controversial. By conducting population genetic analyses of four remote island populations of the bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) established naturally within several decades in Japan, we examined the contributions of founder effects and recurrent immigration to these island populations. Based on the standard genetic indices and population structure analyses using 15 microsatellite loci, we suggested island-specific scenarios of colonization. Notably, the founder effect strongly influenced genetic differentiation in the population on the most remote oceanic island, Chichi-jima Island, which, however, became extinct 20 years after colonization, possibly owing to a lack of recurrent immigration. In contrast, another oceanic island, Minami-Daito Island, was probably subjected to multiple recurrent immigration events from the mainland, which obscured any genetic differentiation previously established by the founder effect. Temporal samples collected over 8 years on this island confidently supported this scenario. Underlying the island-specific scenarios of colonization, we provide evidence that recurrent immigration strongly affected the population persistence, overwhelming the initial founder effects. We argue for the importance of recurrent immigration even in colonization of highly remote islands.
  • Evaluating the existence and benefit of major histocompatibility complex-based mate choice in an isolated owl population
    Akira Sawada, Haruko Ando, Masaoki Takagi
    JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 33, 6, 762, 772, WILEY, 2020年06月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, How mate preferences evolve in the first place has been a major conundrum for sexual selection. Some hypotheses explaining this assume fitness benefit derived from subsequent generations. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-based mate choice is a representative example of the mate choice that is associated with such trans-generational mechanisms. To provide evidences for fitness benefit of MHC-based mate choice, previous studies assessed the association between own MHC genotype and own fitness components. However, the association between MHC-based mate choice in the parental generation and fitness components in the resultant offspring generation has only rarely been measured in wild populations. Focusing on the isolated population of the monogamous Ryukyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans interpositus) on Minami-daito Island, Japan, we found evidence of MHC-based mate choice. However, we found no evidence of MHC-based mate choice increasing own reproductive success or offspring survival. This is a rare case study that directly examines the existence of the trans-generational indirect benefit of MHC-based mate choice for genetic compatibility from trans-generational data in a wild bird population. By investigating the fitness benefits of mate choice, this study serves to facilitate our understanding of the evolution of MHC-based mate choice.
  • Effects of habitat use on food acquisition and food caching during a nonbreeding season in a winter-breeding, food-storing passerine
    Yuusuke Nishida, Masaoki Takagi
    BIRD STUDY, 67, 2, 181, 189, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020年04月, ［査読有り］, ［最終著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Capsule:Wintering male Bull-headed ShrikesLanius buchepaluspreferred vegetable fields with perch sites to search for and detect terrestrial prey, and males occupying territories with large areas of vegetable fields acquired more prey and cached more food. Aims:To better understand effects of habitat use on food acquisition and food caching of the Bull-headed Shrike, we investigated relationships between habitat quality (measured through foraging-site selection and foraging success) and food caching during the non-breeding season. Methods:We monitored 66 territorial male shrikes during the non-breeding season from 2014 to 2016, and collected data on foraging-site selection, foraging success, and food caching. Results:Our field observations showed that male shrikes preferred to forage over vegetable fields and that males occupying territories incorporating large areas of that habitat were able to acquire more food items and store more food caches in their territories during the nonbreeding season. Conclusion:We suggest that for male Bull-headed Shrikes, a winter-breeding food-storing passerine, the quality of habitat in the nonbreeding season has the potential to affect their subsequent fitness.
  • First tracking of post-breeding migration of the Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda by GPS data logger
    Shingo Uemura, Ayumu Hamachi, Kunihiro Nakachi, Masaoki Takagi
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 18, 2, 215, 219, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, 2020年01月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The migratory strategies of kingfishers are poorly understood. In the first study of its kind, by means of Global Positioning System data loggers, we were able to describe the migration and wintering sites of the Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda population breeding on Miyako Island, Japan. Birds were found to reach altitudes of almost 4,000 m during their migration to winter on Polillo and Tablas islands in The Philippines.
  • Remigial and rectricial molt sequences in a captive Ryukyu Scops-Owl (Otus elegans)
    Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi
    WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 131, 4, 828, +, WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC, 2019年12月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We describe the remigial and rectricial molt sequences of a Ryukyu Scops-Owl (Otus elegans) held in captivity on Minami-daito Island, Nansei Islands, southern Japan. The owl completely shed its remiges and rectrices during its preformative molt as well as during its definitive prebasic molts in 3 consecutive years. In the preformative molt, the primaries were all shed during October, November, and December, in distal order from Pl. Although all 4 groups of secondaries were shed in proximal order, the sequence may have been caused by adventitious shedding under captive conditions. During definitive prebasic molt, the primaries were shed in distal order during the period from June to September. The secondaries were shed from 3 nodes in 4 feather groups; 3 groups were shed in proximal order, but the remaining group was shed in distal order. The primary coverts were shed in exact sequence with their corresponding primaries during the definitive prebasic molt, but in a different sequence during the preformative molt. Whereas the greater coverts were shed irregularly during the early part of the primary covert molt, the median coverts were shed during the first half of the primary covert molt. The alula feathers were shed distally over a period of weeks. The right rectrices were shed in irregular order over a short period (12 days) and the left rectrices were shed over a long period (at least 82 days). The shedding sequence of the captive Ryukyu Scops-Owl basically followed the known pattern previously observed in Strigidae species. The captive individual underwent a complete molt when it was a juvenile as a result of being provided with sufficient food, and presumably because of the lower energy demands of being in a cage.
  • A record of Philippine Ducks from Ikemajima, Okinawa Prefecture
    Shingo UEMURA, Kunihiro NAKACHI, Ayumu HAMACHI, Masaoki TAKAGI
    Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 68, 2, 379, 381, JStage (Ornithological Society of Japan), 2019年10月25日
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Male bull-headed shrikes use food caches to improve their condition-dependent song performance and pairing success
    Yuusuke Nishida, Masaoki Takagi
    Animal Behaviour, 152, 29, 37, Elsevier BV, 2019年06月, ［査読有り］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Fine-scale spatial genetic structure in the Minami-daito Island population of the Ryukyu scops owl Otus elegan s
    A. Sawada, T. Iwasaki, M. Takagi
    Journal of Zoology, 307, 3, 159, 166, Wiley, 2019年03月13日, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • The onset of breeding behaviours in a captive male Ryukyu Scops Owl
    Kana AKATANI, Masaoki TAKAGI
    Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 50, 2, 125, 128, 2019年02月28日, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 沖縄県池間島におけるアカノドカルガモAnas luzonicaの観察記録　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    植村慎吾, 仲地邦博, 浜地歩, 高木昌興
    日本鳥学会誌 = Japanese journal of ornithology, 68, 2, 2019年, ［査読有り］
  • Vocalizations of the Ryukyu Scops Owl: individually recognisable and stable　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Masaoki TAKAGI
    Bioacoustics, https://doi.org/10.1080/095246, 2018年11月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Song performance is a condition-dependent dynamic trait honestly indicating the quality of paternal care in the Bull-headed Shrike
    Yusuke Nishida, Takagi Masaoki
    Journal of Avian Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01, 2018年07月, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Nest and roost characteristics of the Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca on Minami-daito Island
    Junpei Sawada, Masaoki Takagi
    Ornithological Science, 17, 1, 109, 112, Ornithological Society of Japan, 2018年, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We found five Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca nests in a swamp among emergent vegetation, and one in a dry sugarcane field more than 500 m (radius) from any swamp or pond, on Minami-daito Island. Nests were saucer-shaped. All of the nests in the swamp fledged chicks. It is assumed that nesting in such habitat renders nests safe from ground predators such as introduced weasels and feral cats. Roosts were similar in structure to nests, but lacked lining. It is inferred from one observation that males and females roost together at night before the egg-laying period.
  • Distinctive Features of the Skull of the Ryukyu Scops Owl from Minami-Daito Island, Revealed by Computed Tomography Scanning
    Akira Sawada, Takeshi Yamasaki, Yasuko Iwami, Masaoki Takagi
    Ornithological Science, 17, 1, 45, 54, Ornithological Society of Japan, 2018年, ［査読有り］, ［責任著者］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Morphological differentiation of island-dwelling organisms provides model systems for studying evolution. Computed tomography (CT) scanning is an entirely non-destructive technique that provides detailed three-dimensional (3D) images of physical structures. Geometric morphometrics has been increasingly used in avian morphology studies by analyzing 3D data obtained from CT scans. We used geometric morphometrics to evaluate the morphological details of the skulls of three, genetically distinct, island populations of the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans: O. e. elegans from the northern part of the Ryukyu Archipelago, O. e. elegans from the southern part of the Ryukyu Archipelago, and O. e. interpositus from Minami-daito Island. Skulls were scanned using an X-ray CT system and the digitized 3D coordinates of 16 landmarks for each skull were analyzed in order to describe geometric morphometric features. O. e. interpositus was found to have a significantly smaller skull than either population of O. e. elegans. From principle component analysis of shape variation, we also found that the skull shape of O. e. interpositus differed significantly from both the northern and southern groups of O. e. elegans. This difference was in terms of PC1, which mainly represented relative anteroposterior length, and angle of the orbit. We inferred that the small skull of O. e. interpositus is partly a consequence of the particular founders of the population, or evolutionary selection that has taken place on Minami-daito Island and that the distinctive shape of the skull of O. e. interpositus is partly a consequence of adaptations for foraging efficiency, or of morphological integration.
  • Habitat selection by the Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus on the Daito Islands at the southwestern limit of its breeding range
    Shin Matsui, Masaoki Takagi
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 16, 1, 79, 86, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, 2017年01月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Since the 1970s the Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus has established a breeding population on the Daito Islands. The islands represent the southwestern limit of the species' breeding range. We investigated the habitat selection of this isolated population during the 2003 breeding season in the agricultural landscape of Minami-daito Island. A comparison of habitat types around shrike nests and randomly selected points, showed that shrikes largely foraged in sugarcane fields and utilized fences and utility wires as suitable perch sites. Our results suggest that it is the open, cultivated areas (sugarcane has been grown on the island since 1900) that have provided suitable habitat for the Bull-headed Shrike allowing it to establish a breeding population on the Daito Islands.
  • 宮古諸島におけるカッコウ科鳥類2種の観察記録
    浜地 歩, 植村 慎吾, 仲地 邦博, 高木 昌興
    Bird Research, 13, 0, S27, S33, 特定非営利活動法人バードリサーチ, 2017年, ［査読有り］
    日本語,

    2015年から2017年にかけて，宮古諸島でオオジュウイチとオニカッコウを記録した．オニカッコウは複数羽での長期滞在が確認されたことから，繁殖の可能性も考えられる．国内におけるこの2種の記録は増加傾向にあり，今後分布を拡大させる可能性がある．

  • A breeding record of the Ryukyu Scops Owl on Okinoshima, in northernmost Fukuoka, Japan
    Masaoki Takagi, Takema Saitoh, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, Hiroto Okabe, Isao Nishiumi, Masayoshi Takeishi
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 14, 1, 53, 59, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, 2015年01月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, A nest of the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans was found on Okinoshima (Okino Island), Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (34.24 degrees N, 130.10 degrees E), in the Tsushima Strait, on 28 July 2013. The breeding pair and their three owlets were caught and their identity confirmed genetically using the BOLD System for COI in the mitochondrial genome. Their calls and external morphological measurements also accorded with what is known of the species. We estimated that at least 23 territorial males inhabit the Island. Okinoshima lies 490 km beyond the previously known northern limit of the species' distribution.
  • Filarial nematodes belonging to the superorders Diplotriaenoidea and Aproctoidea from wild and captive birds in Japan
    Yoshiko T, Natsuki Hama N, Onuma M, Takagi M, Sto K, Shin Matsui S, Hisaka M, Yanai T, Ito H, Urano N, Osa Y, Askaw M
    Research of one health, 38, 2, 139, 148, 2014年04月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • A TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HOOT OF THE RYUKYU SCOPS OWL ACROSS ISLAND POPULATIONS IN THE RYUKYU ARCHIPELAGO AND TWO OCEANIC ISLANDS
    Masaoki Takagi
    WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 125, 2, 358, 369, WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC, 2013年06月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The Ryukyu Scops Owl, Otus elegans, is distributed over a 1,200-km area, only inhabiting islands. Within this range, I studied this species across 20 continental islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago and two oceanic islands. Although most studies recently use quantitative continuous measurements of many specific aspects of the vocalization, I introduced a new method, "typological analysis" to visually classify variation of spectrograms according to the shape of syllable in the owl species, examining their dialects in relation to their geographical distribution. In the typological analysis, hoot, syllable, and element types were defined according to the number of syllables, the degree of timescale overlap of the first and second elements in the second syllable, and relative differences of duration and frequency of two elements in the second syllable, respectively. Although frequencies of hoot and element types in each island population were significantly different between the island groups north and south of the Kerama Gap across the archipelago, hoot and element types were shared between the island groups. Furthermore, typological variation occurred in syllable types, however there were no differences in frequencies of syllable types between the island groups. Geographic structure in vocal parameters as steep clines with stepped variation is represented as a dialect. According to the definition, this study found that no unique dialects in hoots occurred between the different island populations of Ryukyu Scops Owls. The Kerama Gap might act as a biogeographical barrier, contributing to the differentiation between owl hoots according to spectrotemporal analyses; however, the typological analysis detected the distribution of typological characteristics of hoots on the small islands north of the Kerama Gap that contradicts this concept of a biogeographical barrier. Because the typological analysis needs to visually examine each individual by careful attention to detail, it is a good method for discovering minor geographic variations and patterns in bird vocalizations.
  • SEASONAL CHANGES IN HATCHING PATTERNS IN RELATION TO INCUBATION BEHAVIOR OF THE BLACK-TAILED GULL (LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS)
    Naoki Tomita, Masaoki Takagi
    WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 125, 1, 121, 127, WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC, 2013年03月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We investigated the amount of time Black-tailed Gulls (Lams crassirostris) incubated and its effects on hatching interval within two-egg clutches. Incubation patterns were classified into three categories (rising, steady, or pulsed) related to daily change of incubation rate until clutch completion. Hatching intervals (mean +/- SD, 0.95 +/- 0.76 days) were significantly shorter than laying intervals (2.56 +/- 0.75 days). There was a significant positive relationship kbetween incubation rate on the day when the first egg was laid (day 1) and hatching interval (Spearman's r(s) = 0.677, P = 0.016). The incubation rate on day 1 also increased (Spearman's r(s) = 0.521, P = 0.039) as the breeding season progressed, and hatching interval expanded (Kruskal-Wallis test: chi(2)(2) = 8.3, P = 0.016, range = 0-2 day). Thus, the amount of time gulls spent incubating on day 1 was important in affecting hatching intervals and suggested that parents partially controlled hatching intervals with seasonal change by timing of the onset of incubation in this species. Received 27 November 2011. Accepted 30 September 2012.
  • 南大東島のモズの自然巣から羽化した鱗翅類
    広渡 俊哉, 松井 晋, 高木 昌興, 那須 義次, 上田 恵介
    蝶と蛾, 63, 3, 107, 115, 日本鱗翅学会, 2012年09月30日, ［査読有り］
    日本語, Lepidoptera emerged from nests of the Bull-headed Shrike, Lanius bucephalus Temminck and Schlegel, in Minamidaitojima, Japan was investigated. A total of 56 individuals belonging to six species, Heleanna fukugi Nasu (Tortricidae), Opogona sacchari (Bojer)(Tineidae), Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham) (Tineidae), Anatrachyntis sp. (Cosmopterigidae), Ascalenia sp. (Cosmopterigidae), and Simplicia mistacalis (Guenee) (Noctuidae), were identified. One species H. fukugi, and possibly Ascalenia sp., were considered to utilize the nest as a pupation site, and larvae of the other 4 species were inferred to feed on dead plant material of the nests. Emergence from a bird nest is firstly reported in Simplicia mistacalis and Erechthias minuscula, and the latter species is recorded from Japan for the first time. Species composition of emerged moths differed from previously reported ones, which is characterized by a lack of keratinophagous and chitinophagous tineid moths such as Monopis and Niditinea species.
  • Predation risk of eggs and nestlings relative to nest-site characteristics of the Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
    Shin Matsui, Masaoki Takagi
    IBIS, 154, 3, 621, 625, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012年07月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Appropriate nest-site selection is one of the most important ways to minimize loss of reproductive investment due to predation. We determined the environmental characteristics associated with nest predation during the incubation and nestling periods of arboreal nesting Bull-headed Shrikes on the oceanic Minami-Daito Island where the predator community has low species diversity and includes only three introduced mammals: Ship Rat Rattus rattus, Japanese Weasel Mustela itatsi and Feral Cat Felis catus. Egg predation declined with increasing grassland cover around nests, whereas nestling predation declined with increasing nest concealment and nest height. Our results suggest that effective nest-site characteristics for avoiding nest predation differ during the incubation and nestling periods and are dependent on the predator species and their search strategies, at least in habitats with low predator species diversity.
  • Nest positioning by male Daito White-eyes Zosterops japonicus daitoensis improves with age to reduce nest predation risk
    Sayaka Horie, Masaoki Takagi
    IBIS, 154, 2, 285, 295, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012年04月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Age-related improvement in reproductive success is widely observed in birds, and the mechanisms by which productivity is enhanced have received considerable attention. However, little is known about how parental age affects the loss of eggs or nestlings despite the fact that age effects on nesting success are often reported. We examined parental age effects on reproductive success in relation to the avoidance of nest predation in an island subspecies of the Japanese White-eye, the Daito White-eye Zosterops japonicus daitoensis. Clutch size and annual number of breeding attempts did not differ between parental age classes. Reproductive success was affected only by male age through an increase in nesting success. Nest failure was attributed only to predation in this species and nest concealment and nest height were important nest characteristics promoting successful fledging. Older males built their nests in more concealed and higher positions than first-year birds, regardless of vegetation status around the nest. Analysis of individual birds suggested that by shifting the nest to a safer position, male White-eyes achieved higher nesting success than in the previous year. Of three hypotheses of age-related improvement in reproductive success considered, our data favoured the hypothesis that as individuals grow older, their breeding competence improves.
  • Size Hierarchy Caused by Hatching Asynchrony in the Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus on Minami-daito Island
    Matsui Shin, Tsuchiya Yuko, Hisaka Mariko, Takagi Masaoki
    Journal of Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 44, 1, 31, 35, Yamashina Institute for Ornitology, 2012年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, 晩成性のスズメ目鳥類では，多くの種が非同時孵化をしめす。本研究では南大東島のモズLanius bucephalusにおける各巣の非同時孵化の程度と最初の卵が孵化してから5日後の各雛の体サイズ格差を調べた。最初の卵の孵化から5日後におけるブルード内で最も体重の重い雛に対する各雛の体重比は，初日に孵化した雛(95%信頼区間:0.94–0.98)，翌日に孵化した雛(0.73–0.83)，翌々日に孵化した雛(0.52–0.72)でほとんど重複していなかった．このことから，非同時孵化による体サイズの格差は最初の卵が孵化してから5日後にも検出できると考えられた。
  • The diet of Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans interpositus owlets on Minami-daito Island
    Masaoki Takagi, Kana Akatani
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 10, 2, 151, 156, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, 2011年12月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We identified the diet of owlets of the Daito subspecies of the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans interpositus on Minami-daito Island during late May and early June 2009, by means of high-resolution color photography. Cockroaches were provided by parents to their young at all eight nests studied, and contributed the largest single component of the diet (33%). Orthoptera species, which inhabited open grassland habitats, constituted >20% of the total occurrences in the diet of owlets. It is suggested that Ryukyu Scops Owls depend heavily on food items obtained from habitats that have been modified by human activity on Minami-daito Island. Diets for owlets differed widely among nests, and the differences were considered to result from individual differences among parents and/or the environments surrounding each nest.
  • BREEDING ECOLOGY AND HABITAT USE OF THE DAITO SCOPS OWL (OTUS ELEGANS INTERPOSITUS) ON AN OCEANIC ISLAND
    Kana Akatani, Taro Matsuo, Masaoki Takagi
    JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH, 45, 4, 315, 323, RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC, 2011年12月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We studied the nest sites, diet, and habitat use of the endemic population of the Daito Scops Owl (Otus elegans interpositus), a subspecies of the Elegant Scops Owl (O. elegans), on a small oceanic island, Minami-daito, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. We also investigated the relationships between habitat characteristics and breeding performance in the fragmented and developed habitats on the island. Most owls used nest cavities in introduced casuarina (Casuarina spp.) trees (n = 30), whereas a few owls used vertical hollows in broken native fan palm (Livistona chinensis; n = 2) as their nest sites. Owls fed on prey inhabiting both forests and open areas, including spiders (Heteropoda), cockroaches (Blattodea), grasshoppers (Orthoptera) and geckos (Gekkonidae). We tracked 17 territorial males and seven females using radiotelemetry in 2002-07. More than half of the owls selected Fins forests during the breeding season. During the nonbreeding season, most owls selected edges between forests and open areas such as grass-lands and sugar cane fields. Owls with more edge habitat within their home ranges laid eggs earlier (n = 88 breeding attempts) than those with smaller amounts of edge. Daito Scops Owls exhibited behavioral flexibility in their use of human-altered habitats on Minami-daito Island, which may have contributed to their avoidance of extinction.
  • Vicariance and dispersal in the differentiation of vocalization in the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
    Masaoki Takagi
    IBIS, 153, 4, 779, 788, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011年10月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The distribution of species and species diversity can be affected by vicariance or dispersal. To understand their role in shaping species distribution and population structure these two processes must be estimated within and among populations. I analysed large-scale variation in the call structure of the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans. This owl is distributed over a 1200-km range, and only inhabits islands. Within this range, I studied this species across 22 continental islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago and two oceanic islands. The study aimed to assess whether there is variation in the acoustic structure of Owl hoot calls within islands, among major groups of islands and across a large area comprising a major biogeographical barrier (the Kerama Gap). The acoustic structure of calls was homogeneous within islands and among major island-groups. Acoustic differentiation, however, increased over longer geographical distances of up to about 1200 km. The acoustic structure of hoots of the Ryukyu Scops Owl populations was clearly divided into two groups, north and south of the Kerama Gap. It is suggested that the Kerama Gap acted as a biogeographical barrier and contributed to the differentiation between the two major island-groups. It is likely that this difference developed during the fragmentation of a widespread ancestral population by vicariant isolating events. There was also evidence of an effect of dispersal on vocal differentiation in subspecies inhabiting the two oceanic islands.
  • Within- and among-clutch variation in maternal yolk testosterone level in the Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris
    Naoki Tomita, Kentaro Kazama, Hidetsugu Sakai, Megumi Sato, Atsushi Saito, Masaoki Takagi, Yasuaki Niizuma
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 10, 1, 21, 25, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, 2011年06月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Mother birds can enhance growth and/or survival of chicks by supplying energetic and hormonal resources to the egg yolk (i.e. maternal effect). In several bird species, mothers supply higher level of testosterone to the eggs laid later within the clutch and enhance the growth of the chick to compensate for the disadvantage of the later hatching. As same as this within-clutch mechanism, mothers breeding later in the season can be expected to supply higher level of testosterone to the clutch. However, among-clutch seasonal variation in yolk testosterone levels has been rarely described. Here, we investigated among-clutch seasonal variation in the yolk testosterone level in Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris, as well as within-clutch variation. Mean yolk testosterone level of eggs laid later within the clutch ("b-eggs") was significantly higher than that of eggs laid earlier ("a-eggs"). The yolk testosterone levels of both a- and b-eggs of later breeders were significantly higher than those of earlier ones, while this trend was not observed in mean egg mass. Our results indicate that mothers establishing the clutch later in the season would invest more maternal testosterone into the clutch.
  • 南大東島におけるズグロカモメLarus saunersiの記録
    松井 晋, 小林 さやか, 高木 昌興
    日鳥学誌, 60, 2, 262, 265, 日本鳥学会, 2011年, ［査読有り］
    日本語
  • Arboreal nesting and utilization of open-cup bird nests by introduced Ship Rats Rattus rattus on an oceanic island
    Shin Matsui, Mariko Hisaka, Masaoki Takagi
    BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, 20, 1, 34, 42, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2010年03月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The introduction of exotic rats Ratios spp. is one of the most important factors contributing to the reduction in avian diversity and extinctions on oceanic islands. However, little is known about factors other than predation, which are associated with the loss of island biodiversity. We report that introduced Ship Rats Ratios ratios constructed arboreal dome-shaped nests and secondarily used open-cup nests of the Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus for roosting or rearing young in trees within hedgerows along sugarcane fields of Minami-daito Island (northwest Pacific). We found that temporal nest utilization by Ship Rats forced Bull-headed Shrikes to abandon their nests before egg-laying. We suggest that kleptoparasitism applies to the interaction between Bull-headed Shrikes and Ship Rats, which usurp shrike nests during their breeding period. It is necessary to consider the potential effects of introduced Ship Rats on insular avian communities not only through predation but also through interspecific interaction over nest-sites.
  • Impacts of fire on the group composition of the red-backed fairy-wren malurus melanocephalus cruentatus in the non-breeding season
    Mao Nakamura, Yoshihide Takaki, Sayaka Mori, Keisuke Ueda, Isao Nishiumi, Masaoki Takagi, Richard A. Noske, Kazuhiro Eguchi
    Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 42, 1, 47, 64, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 2010年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We conducted a study to clarify the impact of bush fires on the structure of non-breeding flocks of the Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus cruentatus in the Australian monsoon tropics. Overall, the mean group size was large in the mid dry season, becoming smaller with the progress of season. Large groups occurred at burnt sites, while at unburnt sites group size was smaller owing to a higher proportion of pair-sized groups. Bush fire destroyed habitat and forced resident birds to emigrate. Conversely, unburnt sites were used as a refuge during fires. However, in the non-breeding season, such stable habitats were occupied by stable and small-sized groups and were already saturated. Therefore, individuals that immigrated into these habitats during fires were forced to emigrate again. After a fire, many birds invaded burnt sites from the surrounding area and aggregated in large but unstable flocks that consequently diminished due to the individual separation of young males just before the breeding season. Bush fires resulted in the reorganisation of groups and re-establishment of territory. © Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
  • 北海道天売島における脚の黄色いLarus sp.の死体記録
    富田直樹, 染谷さやか, 西海功, 長谷川理, 井上裕紀子, 高木昌興
    山階鳥類学雑誌, 42, 1, 79, 90, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 2010年, ［査読有り］
    日本語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, We reported characteristics of external morphology and DNA sequence from the carcass of a large-sized gull with yellow legs recovered at Teuri Island, Hokkaido, Japan. According to Olsen &
    Larsson (2003), based on the tone of the upperwings and mantle and the pattern of the primary tips the carcass sample was identified as Larus heuglini, but could not be identified at the subspecies level. Sequence variation in the cytochrome b and control region gene of the carcass sample agreed with common types of closely-related taxa (fuscus, heuglini, barabensis, or taimyrensis). Our study underscored the diffculty in identifying large white-headed gulls accurately even when based on quantitative data such as those obtained from carcass samples or DNA sequences. Further quantitative studies on inter- and intra-population variations in external morphology of birds at each breeding site are needed. © Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
  • ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF AVIAN MALARIA VECTORS ON THE ISLAND OF MINAMI-DAITO, JAPAN
    Yoshio Tsuda, Shin Matsui, Atsushi Saito, Kana Akatani, Yukita Sato, Masaoki Takagi, Koichi Murata
    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION, 25, 3, 279, 284, AMER MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOC, 2009年09月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The seasonal prevalence and spatial distribution of mosquitoes were examined as part of an avian malaria study on the oceanic island of Minami-Daito Island, Japan. Because dry ice was not available in this study, yeast-generated CO(2) was used to attract biting mosquitoes. Adult mosquitoes were collected biweekly using battery-operated traps enhanced with yeast-generated CO, and a gravid trap from March 2006 to February 2007. The CO-baited traps were distributed in 4 different habitats: sugar cane field, forest and vegetation ring, residential area, and swamp area. At 3 collection sites beside sugar cane fields, traps were fixed at 2 different heights (3 and 6 in above the ground). A total of 1,437 mosquitoes of the following 9 species were collected: Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes albopictus, Coquillettidia sp., Mansonia uniformis, Culex rubithoracis, Armigeres subalbatus, Lutzia fuscanus, Aedes daitensis, and Aedes togoi. Among them, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Ae. albopictus, and Coquillettidia sp. were dominant. The high density and wide distribution of Cx. quinquefasciatus throughout the island Suggested the importance or this species as a principal vector of avian malaria on the island.
  • Effect of interannual variations in sea-surface temperature on egg-laying parameters of black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) at Teuri Island, Japan
    Naoki Tomita, Yasuaki Niizuma, Masaoki Takagi, Motohiro Ito, Yutaka Watanuki
    ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 24, 1, 157, 162, SPRINGER TOKYO, 2009年01月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Sea-surface temperature (SST) directly and indirectly affects the distribution and abundance of prey species for seabirds, so we expect variation in SST to be associated with variation in seabird life history traits. In black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) at Teuri Island in northern Hokkaido, Japan, we investigated the diet of the gulls prior to egg laying in 2004 and 2005, and examined the influences of SST in March or April, when the gulls congregate in the colony, on egg-laying parameters using 13 years of data (1992-2004). The gulls fed on krill (Thysanoessa inermis) and fish prior to the egg laying. Mean first egg dates and clutch sizes were significantly and quadratically related to SST anomalies in March, but were not influenced by SST anomalies in April. There was no significant effect of SSTs in either March or April on egg volume. Sea-surface temperature anomalies in March of the years of early laying (-1 to 1A degrees C) were higher than those in 2001 (-2.2A degrees C), but lower than those in 1992 (+1.2A degrees C) and 2004 (+1.1A degrees C). Thysanoessa inermis congregates to spawn at the sea surface, when SSTs rise 3-4A degrees C. Thus, a mismatch between food availability and the timing of egg production in the gulls could have occurred in these 3 years. This study suggests that SST fluctuations prior to laying are important in breeding success of black-tailed gulls.
  • Harmful effects of invasive Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes on three land bird species of Minami-daito Island
    Shin Matsui, Kana Akatani, Sayaka Horie, Masaoki Takagi, Tomonori Kikuchi
    Ornithological Science, 8, 1, 81, 86, 2009年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, This report describes, for the first time, harmful effects of invasive Yellow Crazy Ants Anoplolepis gracilipes on wild birds in Japan. We observed fledglings of Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus and Daito White-eye Zosterops japonicus daitoensis caused fatal injuries by ants on the ground on Minami-daito Island. We compared reproductive behaviors of Daito Scops Owl Otus elegans interpositus in a cavity with ants and cavities without ants and found that while reproductive success did not differ between them, parental females in a cavity with ants more frequently interchanged their nest site than those in cavities without ants. © 2009, The Ornithological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.
  • 島間距離から解く南西諸島の鳥類相
    高木 昌興
    日本鳥学会誌, 58, 1, 1, 17, 2009年, ［査読有り］
    日本語
  • Detection of Avian Plasmodium spp. DNA Sequences from Mosquitoes Captured in Minami Daito Island of Japan
    Hiroko Ejiri, Yukita Sato, Emi Sasaki, Daisuke Sumiyama, Yoshio Tsuda, Kyoko Sawabe, Shin Matsui, Sayaka Horie, Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi, Sumie Omori, Koichi Murata, Masayoshi Yukawa
    JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE, 70, 11, 1205, 1210, JAPAN SOC VET SCI, 2008年11月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Several species of birds in Minami Daito Island, an oceanic island located in the far south from the main islands of Japan, were found to be infected with avian Plasmodium. However, no vector species of the avian malaria in this island have been revealed yet. To Speculate potential vectors, we collected mosquitoes there and investigated using a PCR procedure whether the mosquitoes harbor avian malaria or not. Totally 1,264 mosquitoes including 9 species were collected during March 2006 to February 2007. The mosquitoes collected were stored every species, sampled date and location for DNA extraction. Fifteen Out of 399 DNA samples showed positive for the partial mtDNA cytb gene of avian Plasmodium. Estimated minimum infection rate among collected mosquitoes was 1.2% in this study. Four species of mosquitoes; Aedes albopictus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Liatzia fuscanus and Mansonia sp. had avian Plasmodium gene sequences. Detected DNA sequences from A. albopictus and L. fuscanus were identical to an avian Plasmodium lineage detected ill bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) captured in the island. Different sequences were detected from C. quinquefasciatus, which were corresponding to all avian Plasmodium from a sparrow (Passer montanus) and Plasmodium gallinaceum. Our results suggest that A. albopictus, Lutzia fuscanus, C. quinquefasciatus, and Mansonia sp. Could be potential vectors of avian malaria in Minami Daito Island. This study was the first report of molecular detection of avian Plasmodium from mosquitoes in Japan.
  • Avian haemosporidian parasites infection in wild birds inhabiting Minami-daito Island of the northwest Pacific, Japan
    Koichi Murata, Ryosuke Nii, Saori Yui, Emi Sasaki, Satoshi Ishikawa, Yukita Sato, Shin Matsui, Sayaka Horie, Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi, Kyoko Sawabe, Yoshio Tsuda
    JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE, 70, 5, 501, 503, JAPAN SOC VET SCI, 2008年05月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Haemosporidian parasites infection among wild birds inhabiting Minami-daito Island was studied. Blood films from 183 birds representing 4 species of 4 families were examined microscopically. Avian haemosporidian parasites were detected in 3 species with an overall prevalence of 59.6%. None of the 30 Daito scops owls (Otus scops interpositus) examined were infected. Either Haemoproteus sp. or Plasmodium sp. infection was found in 14 of 31 (45.2%) Borodino islands white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus daitoensis). Plasmodium Sop. were found in 94 of 102 (92.2%) bull-headed shrikes (Lanius bucephalus) and 1 of 20 (5%) tree sparrows (Passer montanus).
  • 南大東島で採集された蚊における鳥マラリア原虫遺伝子の検出　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    江尻寛子, 佐藤雪太, 佐々木絵美, 仁位亮介, 津田良夫, 松井 晋, 高木昌興, 湯川眞嘉, 村田浩一
    日本獣医寄生虫学会誌, 6, 1, 38, 2008年02月, ［査読有り］
    日本語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Responses in breeding behaviour of Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris to different marine environments.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    KAZAMA Kentaro, TOMITA Naoki, Ito Motohiro, NIIZUMA Yasuaki, TAKAGI Masaoki, WATANUKI Yutaka
    Proceeding of International Symposium on the Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, 215, 220, 2008年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 南大東島における鳥マラリア原虫の分子系統と宿主転換　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    炭山大輔, 佐々木絵美, 佐藤雪太, 津田良夫, 澤邊京子, 松井 晋, 堀江明香, 高木昌興, 猪子英俊, 村田浩一
    日本獣医寄生虫学会誌, 7, 1, 23, 2008年, ［査読有り］
    日本語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Social structure and helping behaviour of the Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
    Kazuhiro Eguchi, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, Keisuke Ueda, Hisashi Nagata, Masaoki Takagi, Richard Noske
    JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 148, S203, S210, SPRINGER, 2007年12月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, A 4-year study of cooperative breeding in the Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis was conducted in the monsoon-tropics of northern Australia. Most groups comprised a single socially monogamous pair with up to seven helpers. We found no floaters. The sex ratio was almost unity for each year. Helpers included philopatric offspring, immigrating juveniles and immigrating sexually mature birds. Adults of both sexes moved frequently between groups. Pairs without helpers were unable to raise young to fledging and often divorced, suggesting that cooperative breeding was obligatory in this population. However, for groups with helpers, the group size effect was weak; there was no significant correlation between the number of fledglings and number of helpers. Breeding females exclusively contributed to incubation. Breeders contributed more to provisioning of nestlings than non-breeders. Although helpers did not enhance the total provisioning rate to nestlings, small groups should recruit helpers to maintain the group and enhance reproductive success.
  • Drastic decline of territorial male Daito Scops Owls on Minami-daito Island in 2006.
    Takagi Masaoki, Akatanti Kana, Saito Atsushi, Matsui Shin
    Ornithological Science, 6, 1, 39, 42, 2007年07月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 南大東島における淡水産コエビ類3種の初記録
    松井 晋, 池田 広志, 成瀬 貫, 浅沼 清, 高木 昌興
    沖縄生物学会誌, 45, 33, 37, 沖縄生物学会, 2007年05月31日, ［査読有り］, ［最終著者］
    日本語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Status of the Daito Scops Owl on Minanii-Daito island, Japan
    Masaoki Takagi, Kana Akatanti, Shin Matsui, Atsushi Saito
    JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH, 41, 1, 52, 56, RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC, 2007年03月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 南大東島で採集された蚊における鳥マラリア原虫遺伝子の検出　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    江尻 寛子, 佐藤 雪太, 佐々木 絵美, 仁位 亮介, 津田 良夫, 松井 晋, 高木 昌興, 湯川 眞嘉, 村田 浩一
    日本獣医学会学術集会講演要旨集, 143回, 170, 170, (公社)日本獣医学会, 2007年03月
    日本語
  • A31 南大東島における鳥マラリア媒介蚊の季節消長(第59回日本衛生動物学会大会特集)
    松井 晋, 津田 良夫, 斉藤 篤思, 赤谷 加奈, 山内 健生, 佐藤 雪太, 高木 昌興, 村田 浩一
    衛生動物, 58, 41, 41, 日本衛生動物学会, 2007年
    日本語
  • 鹿児島県徳之島におけるズアオホオジロ Emberiza hortulana 雄夏羽の観察
    山田 文彦, 高木 昌興
    日本鳥学会誌, 55, 2, 114, 116, 日本鳥学会, 2006年12月22日, ［査読有り］
    日本語
  • 南大東島におけるヨシゴイの初営巣記録
    松井 晋, 高木 昌興, 上田 恵介
    日本鳥学会誌, 55, 1, 29, 31, 日本鳥学会, 2006年06月22日, ［査読有り］
    日本語
  • モズ（Lanius bucephalus）おけるHamatospiculum属線虫（Diplotriaenoidea上科）の濃厚寄生症例報告とその保全医学上の視点　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    大沼 学, 吉野智生, 高木昌興, 松井 晋, 長嶺 隆, 川嶋貴治, 村田浩一, 桑名 貴, 浅川満彦
    日本獣医寄生虫学会誌, 5, 1, 50, 2006年02月, ［査読有り］
    日本語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Direct impact of typhoons on the breeding activity of Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus on Minami-daito Island
    Matsui Shin, Hisaka Mariko, Takagi Masaoki
    Ornithological Science, 5, 2, 227, 229, 日本鳥学会, 2006年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Incubation capacity limits maximum clutch size in black-tailed gulls Larus crassirostris
    Y Niizuma, M Takagi, M Senda, M Chochi, Y Watanuki
    JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY, 36, 5, 421, 427, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2005年09月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Factors determining clutch size of birds have long been the central issue in studies in life histories. It is assumed that the configuration of brood patches could limit the maximum clutch size. To test this hypothesis we manipulated clutch sizes and measured egg temperature as well as reproductive consequences in black-tailed gulls Larus crassirostris, which usually lay two egg clutches and have three brood patches. Mean egg temperature in 4-egg clutches (32.6 +/- 1.0 degrees C) was significantly lower than in 2-egg (34.6 +/- 0.4 degrees C) and 3-egg clutches (34.1 +/- 0.4 degrees C), because egg temperature of the coolest egg within a 4-egg clutch was often substantially lower than the other three eggs. The proportion of eggs hatching from 4-egg clutches (11.6%) was lower than those of 2-egg (49.1%) and 3-egg clutches (52.0%). Four-egg clutches had longer incubation periods (29.6 +/- 1.3 day) than 2-egg (28.1 +/- 1.7 day) and 3-egg clutches (28.0 +/- 1.3 day). The results indicate that incubation capacity, which may be determined by the configuration of brood patches, limits the maximum clutch size in black tailed gulls, but not the actual clutch size typically laid.
  • 南大東島における亜種ダイトウメジロの11月の育雛
    堀江 明香, 松井 晋, 高木 昌興
    日本鳥学会誌, 54, 1, 58, 59, 日本鳥学会, 2005年07月29日, ［査読有り］
    日本語
  • The timing of clutch initiation in Bull-headed Shrikes (Lanius bucephalus) in relation to re-nesting or second nesting._　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    TAKAGI Masaoki
    Ornis Fennica 81: 84-90., 81, 84, 90, 2004年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Seasonal change in egg-volume variation within a clutch in the Bull-headed Shrike, Lanius bucephalus
    M Takagi
    CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE, 81, 2, 287, 293, NATL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA, 2003年02月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, I studied the seasonal change in egg volume in Bull-headed Shrikes, Lanius bucephalus, to explore the importance of egg-volume variation within a clutch. The mean egg volume did not change over a season; however, the coefficient of variation in egg volume in six-egg clutches significantly increased in 1994 and 1995 but did not change in 1996. Peaks in arthropod biomass occurred early in the breeding seasons in 1994 and 1995, but late in the season in 1996. Higher food availability was related to a reduction in variation in egg volume within a clutch. A significant difference in egg volume was found within six-egg clutches, and the first egg was the smallest. Nestlings that hatched from small eggs early in the hatching order suffered lower mortality rates than nestlings that hatched from large eggs laid late in the hatching order. The duration of time between settlement of a female in a male territory and clutch initiation decreased with date. Intraclutch variation in egg volume may be caused by a trade-off between the time to develop an egg and the volume of the first egg within a clutch. Because eggs that hatch first do not need to be large for the hatchling to survive, the Bull-headed Shrikes may advance the clutch-initiation date at the cost of reducing the volume of the first egg.
  • Different effects of age on reproductive performance in relation to breeding stage in Bull-headed Shrikes
    M Takagi
    JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY, 21, 1, 9, 14, SPRINGER-VERLAG TOKYO, 2003年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, The difference in the reproductive performance of males and females of the Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) according to age class, i.e. yearling and adult, was studied, and the age-related difference was examined according to parental feeding behavior. The clutch initiation date was not affected by the age class. Females that paired with an adult male laid more eggs per clutch than those paired with a yearling male. The age class of males affected the mass of nestlings at 6 days old, and the age class of females affected the mass of nestlings at 12 days old. The effects of the age of either parent independently were observed at different breeding stages. A change in the degree of nestling feeding peformed by the male and female parents occurred at some point between when the broods were 6 days and 12 days old. It is likely that this caused an effect of age at different stages of the breeding cycle. The effects of the age of the male parent are consistent with accounts of age-related reproduction in raptors where males provide resources to offspring. Individual improvements in foraging skills and/or courtship feeding rate are suggested to be possible explanations.
  • Philopatry and habitat selection in Bull-headed and Brown shrikes
    Masaoki Takagi
    Journal of Field Ornithology, 74, 1, 45, 52, Association of Field Ornithologists, Inc., 2003年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Philopatry and habitat selection were examined for migratory populations of the two sympatric shrike species, the Bull-headed (Lanius bucephalus) and Brown (L. cristatus) shrikes in northern Japan between 1992 and 1997. Although 18% of banded Bull-headed Shrike males returned to the previous breeding area, no female did. In Brown Shrikes, 43% and 13% of banded males and females, respectively, returned to the area. Brown Shrikes are significantly more philopatric than Bull-headed Shrikes. Even successful breeders in Bull-headed Shrikes did not always return to the area near their nesting site of the previous year. Successful breeders in Brown Shrikes were faithful to their past breeding site. Brown Shrikes decreased by 67% due to habitat loss over four years, while the population of Bull-headed Shrikes was stable. The degree of philopatry was inconsistent with the population trends of the two shrikes. While Bull-headed Shrikes did not have habitat preferences in the study area, Brown Shrikes bred mainly in natural grasslands with shrubs. Since available habitat for Brown Shrikes has decreased rapidly in and near the study area, the philopatry of Brown Shrikes may result from a scarcity of habitat that inhibits dispersal. Bull-headed Shrikes may have a higher tendency to disperse because they are habitat generalists. With its more narrow requirements, the Brown Shrike appears to have suffered significantly from habitat loss, while the Bull-headed Shrike has not been adversely affected.
  • Prudent investment in rearing nestlings in bull-headed shrikes
    M Takagi
    ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 17, 6, 617, 624, BLACKWELL PUBLISHING ASIA, 2002年11月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, I investigated seasonal changes in the relationships between brood size, body mass of nestlings and body mass of parents of the bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus , in Ishikari, northern Japan. When the broods were 12 days old, the body mass of the heaviest nestling in a brood did not differ among brood sizes, or throughout the season. However, the body mass of the lightest nestlings in a brood was different among brood sizes. The body mass of the lightest nestling in five- and six-nestling broods decreased throughout the season. The lightest nestling in four-nestling broods, and the lightest and the second lightest nestlings in five-nestling broods, were significantly lighter than the heaviest nestling in broods of this size. It is likely that pairs with six nestlings at 12 days old can feed at least five of these nestlings enough to ensure their survival . The standardized body mass of parents (SBM), which was defined as the body mass divided by the length of the tarsus, did not differ among brood sizes, or throughout the season. It is possible that the relationship between the constancy of the SBM and the seasonal decline in the body mass of nestlings indicates that bull-headed shrikes have a limit to their parental efforts.
  • Change in body mass in relation to breeding phase in bull-headed shrikes
    M Takagi
    ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 17, 3, 411, 414, BLACKWELL PUBLISHING ASIA, 2002年05月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, Changes in body mass of both sexes of the bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus , were investigated over the six breeding phases of this species. Standardized body mass (SBM), which was defined as body mass divided by the length of the tarsus, of the males was relatively constant over the phrases, while the SBM of the females changed drastically. In the females, the SBM during egg-laying was higher than the SBM in all the other breeding phases. The SBM of the females did not differ between the incubation and early-nestling phases, and was lowest during the fledgling phase. Mass loss in bull-headed shrikes did not correspond to an adaptive adjustment of body mass to permit a reduction in the power required for flight in the nestling period. It is likely that incubating females constantly maintain their body mass to invest in parental efforts from the incubating to nestling periods.
  • Reproductive Performance and Nestling Growth of the Brown Shrike Subspecies Lanius cristatus superciliosus in Hokkaido.
    Takagi Masaoki
    Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 34, 1, 30, 38, 山階鳥類研究所, 2002年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Sexual differences in the external measurements of Black-tailed Gulls breeding on Rishiri Island, Japan._
    CHOCHI Michiyo, NIIZUMAYasuaki, TAKAGI Masaoki
    Ornithological Science, 1, 163, 166, 2002年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Hatching pattern and egg volume variation within a clutch in relation to sibling competition.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    TAKAGI Masaoki
    Proceedings of the Japan society for comparative endocrinology_, 17, 4, 5, 2002年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Some effects of inclement weather conditions on the survival and condition of bull-headed shrike nestlings
    TAKAGI M.
    Ecological Research, 16, 1, 55, 63, Wiley, 2001年03月, ［査読有り］
    研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 南大東島に生息するモズの羽色および形態の記載,島内の分布状況と繁殖生態
    高木 昌興
    山階鳥類研究所研究報告, 32, 1, 13, 23, Yamashina Institute for Ornitology, 2000年05月31日, ［査読有り］
    日本語, 大洋島である大東諸島南大東島で繁殖するモズLanius bucephalusは1973～74年頃に増加し始めた隔離個体群である。このモズ個体群の羽色および翼式,外部形態計測値を記載し,島内の分布状況,個体群性比,繁殖生態について調べる目的で,1998年1～2月,4～5月に調査を実施した。過去の調査でモズとアカモズL.cristatusの1亜種lucionensisとの交雑の可能性が指摘されていたので,現在生息しているモズのいくつかの形質をアカモズと比較した。羽色および形態から,現在南大東島に生息しているモズは,モズだけの特徴を持っていると判断された。モズは島内の代表的な環境すべてに生息し,1kmあたりの個体数は雄で2.1個体,雌では1.6個体であった。南大東島では1月下旬から産卵を開始し,4月上旬まで産卵が行われることが明らかになったが,それ以降産卵が行われるかどうかは不明である。モズは6種の樹木に営巣したが,畑と畑の間の防風樹として植栽されている常緑照葉樹のテリハボクが営巣場所として最も多く,全体の65%(13/20)を占めた。全樹種をまとめた巣の平均地上高は252cmであった。
  • Habitat selection by Ijima’s Willow Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae on Miyake-jima, Japan.
    TAKAGI Masaoki, Higuchi Hiroyoshi
    Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 49, 3, 113, 117, 日本鳥学会, 2000年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, 1991年5月と6月に伊豆諸島の三宅島でイイジマムシクイ Phylloscopus ijimaeの個体数と生息環境の調査を行なった.本研究の目的はイイジマムシクイが繁殖期に選択する環境を明らかにすることである.まず,島内に設定した景観が異なる3地域におけるさえずり個体密度を比較した.樹冠が連続した照葉樹林からなる大路池地区で最も多くのイイジマムシクイが記録された(Mean±SD/km/mapping=28.5±12.0個体).次に多かったのは落葉広葉樹の二次林からなる伊豆岬地区であった(19.9±5.5個体).この地域の森林は農地によって分断されてはいるが,連続した大きな森林も含んでいた.農耕地によって細かく分断された落葉広葉樹の二次林と照葉樹林で構成される姉川地区の個体数は最も少なかった(12.1±3.6個体).景観の違う3地域の比較から,イイジマムシクイは樹冠の連続した樹林で密度が高くなることが示唆された,次に約50m×50mの方形区を単位にして,イイジマムシクイの密度と植生に関する5つの変数,すなわち,低木層の被度,高木層の被度,森林面積,森林分断の度合い,構成樹種の関係をステップワイズ重回帰分析を用いて分析した.その結果,方形区単位の密度は高木層の被度が高く,分断の度合いが低く,照葉樹林で高くなることがわかった.これらの結果から,繁殖期のイイジマムシクイの生息環境には,樹冠がよく茂り連続した林が適しており,照葉樹林ではさらに高密度で生息する事が可能であることが示された.
  • Some avian morphological traits: age-related morphological difference of the Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
    M Takagi
    IBIS, 141, 1, 140, 141, BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION, 1999年01月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 鳥類の野外個体群における近親交配
    高木 昌興
    日本鳥学会誌, 48, 1, 61, 81, 日本鳥学会, 1999年, ［査読有り］
    日本語, 野生鳥獣の生息地の減少や分断化は個体の移動分散を妨げ,近親交配が起きる確率を高くする.小さな個体群では遺伝的浮動が強く働き,配偶相手が近縁である可能性が必然的に高くなる.個体数が激減し,近親交配によって地域的な個体群の絶滅が加速されると危惧される一方で,近親交配の回避が困難と思われる少数個体から個体数が回復した個体群,また近年になって確立した大洋島の個体群が存在する.実際,近親交配が繁殖能力や生存に関係する代謝能力などの形質値の平均を低下させることは実験動物や家畜の研究から古くから指摘されている.野外鳥類でも個体識別した個体群を用いて,長期的に家系が明らかされ,近親交配が検出されてきた.その結果,野外鳥類の近親交配は孵化率を低下させることがわかった.また,DNAを用いた研究では近親交配の指標として利用することができるヘテロ接合度と繁殖や生存に関係する変数との間に負の相関関係が認められている.しかし,近交弱勢を伴わない場合や近親交配によってできた子供が高い生産性を持つ場合があることもわかった.さらに,個体群のおかれている地理的状況や人口統計学的要因によっては,近親交配を回避するよりも近親交配を選択した方が適応的な場合もあり得ることが示唆された.今後は,人為的に個体群を創設するか,定着の歴史が異なる同種個体群を見つけだし,人口統計学的データ,個体,および個体群の両方のレベルで対立遺伝子数やヘテロ接合度などの遺伝的構造に関する変数,さらに繁殖成績に関する変数をモニターすることが必要である.そして,それらの関係を詳細に解析することで,近親交配が個体群の遺伝的構造や生活史形質に与える影響を明らかにできるであろう.
  • Tree nesting by Ogasawara Buzzards on Chichijima in the Bonin Islands
    TAKAGI Masaoki, UEDA Masako
    Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 46, 3, 175, 176, 日本鳥学会, 1998年02月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, 岩棚だけにしか営巣しないと思われていたオガサワラノスリ Buteo buteo toyoshimai が,1997年3月から5月にかけて小笠原諸島父島清瀬地区において,人為移入高木種のモクマオウ Casuarina equisetifolia に営巣した.また,島民からの聞き取り調査で1950年代の後半にも同様に移入種のリュウキュウマツ Pinus luchuensis に営巣した記録があることが明らかになった.
  • スズメ目鳥類3種のトビの巣における営巣記録
    高木 昌興, 高橋 満彦
    Strix, 15, 15, 127, 129, 財団法人日本野鳥の会研究センター, 1997年, ［査読有り］
    日本語
  • Seasonal Change in Nest Site and Nest Success of Bull-headed Shrikes
    TAKAGI Masaoki, ABE Shiori
    Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 45, 3, 167, 174, 日本鳥学会, 1996年12月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • A Sexual Difference in Plumage of Brown Shrike Subspecies,Laniuns cristatus superciliosus
    Takagi Masaoki
    Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 28, 2, 103, 105, Yamashina Institute for Ornitology, 1996年10月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, 性的二型が不明瞭なアカモズの羽色の1形質に性的な差異を認あたので報告する。著者はアカモズの額の白色帯を計測し,雌雄で比較を行った。その結果,雄(平均6.5mm)は雌(3.5mm)に比較して有意に広い結果が得られ,額の白色帯は雌雄の識別に有効な指標の1つとなることを示唆した。
  • Sexual Size Dimorphism and Sex Determination of a Brown Shrike subspecies, Lanius cristatus superciliosus
    TAKAGI Masaoki, Akatani Kana
    Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 45, 3, 187, 190, 日本鳥学会, 1996年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）, アカモズは羽色の性的二型が不明瞭なので,形態計測値の雌雄比較,および判別分析による雌雄判別を試みた.調査は1992～1996年の5～7月に北海道石狩郡で行なった.抱卵斑の有無によって性判別をしたアカモズの雄19個体,雌16個体について,10箇所の外部形態の計測,および体重測定を行なった.その結果,尾長と額の白色帯の幅は雄で有意に長い傾向が認められたが,自然翼長,ふしょ長,露出嘴峰長,嘴高長,嘴幅長,口角長,全頭長には有意な雌雄差は認められなかった。
    計測値間で高い相関関係が認められなかった6変数,すなわち尾長,ふしょ長,露出嘴峰長,嘴高長,嘴幅長,額の白色帯の幅を説明変数として,変数増加式の多変量線形判別分析を行なった.その結果,尾長と額の白色帯の幅の2変数が選択され,以下の判別式が得られた.
    Z=23.8-0.66x1+0.24x2(F=40.28, dfs=2.29, P<0.0001)
    x1は尾長(mm), x2は白色帯の幅(mm)を示し,判別値Z<0で雄, Z>0で雌として判別される.この判別式を用いたときの雄の判別率は89.5%,雌の判別率は100%,両性では94.3%であり,雌雄の判別がほぼ可能であることがわかった.繁殖地に渡来したばかりの雌は抱卵斑を発達させていないので,その時期の雌雄の識別にこの判別式は効果的である.
  • Accipiters prey on nestling birds in Japan
    M Takagi, M Ueta, S Ikeda
    JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH, 29, 4, 267, 269, RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC, 1995年12月, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • Comparative studies on nest sites and diet of Lanius bucephalus and L. cristatus in northern Japan.
    TAKAGI Masaoki, Ogawa Iwao
    Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 6, 200, 2003, 1995年, ［査読有り］
    英語, 研究論文（学術雑誌）
  • 伊豆諸島三宅島におけるアカコッコTurdus celaenops の環境選好とイタチ放獣の影響
    高木昌興, 樋口広芳, 伊豆諸島三宅島におけるアカコッコ, Turdus celaenops, の環境選好とイタチ放獣の影響, Strix
    Strix, 11, 47, 57, 1992年, ［査読有り］
    日本語

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  • 鳥とウモウダニの共生:鳥による個体数管理とそれを回避するウモウダニの生存戦略
    科学研究費助成事業
    2024年04月01日 - 2027年03月31日
    高木 昌興, 高久 元, 加藤 徹
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 24K09602
  • 再導入により完全に遺伝管理された鳥類の島嶼隔離個体群の保全・進化生態学研究
    科学研究費助成事業
    2020年07月30日 - 2023年03月31日
    高木 昌興, 安藤 温子
    南大東島で2-8月まで198巣をモニタリングし、106巣で産卵を確認、86巣で少なくとも1個体の雛が巣立った。繁殖の失敗は、繁殖個体の消失や原因不明の放棄、人為的に移入されたネコやイタチよる雛の捕食である。雛の捕食対策は施しているが不測の事態に遭遇した。北大東島への再導入では、この経験をもとに対策を行う。モニタリング調査を行っている巣で繁殖した親個体のすべてを捕獲し、形態計測、色足輪での標識、採血、遺伝解析を行った。育雛中の8つがいの雌雄にGPSデータロガーを装着した。本種は樹林性の種とされるが、樹林地、畑、並木、民家など様々な環境を利用した。環境の利用様式にも個体差があり、幅の狭い並木沿いに広く行動するつがい、反対に孤立した小面積の樹林地だけで行動するつがいなどが認められた。結果的に行動圏の面積は1.7-32.8haと個体差が大きくなった。行動圏利用の融通性が大きさが、亜種ダイトウコノハズクを樹林が狭く畑が優占する環境で個体群を維持させる要因と考えられる。雛数や給餌頻度は行動圏の面積と関係していなかった。行動圏の面積や形は周囲の個体との関係や餌動物の生産性と関係する。再導入後、繁殖つがい数が少ない段階ではつがい間に干渉は生じないであろう。また雌の行動圏は雄よりも広く、餌を集め育雛を分担し、雄は狭くなわばり防衛の役割を果たした。前年までに足輪をつけた個体を徹底的に探索し、両親が判明している82個体の雄を含め、435個体の雄の鳴き声を録音した。時間周波数解析を行い、形質値の親子回帰分析とランダムに親子を組み合わせる解析により、雄の鳴き声は遺伝形質と示唆された。南大東島では異なる遺伝的形質を持った雌雄が配偶することが判明しており、雌は配偶者相手の鳴き声を避けることで近親交配を回避する可能性が示唆される。なお本年も北大東島には亜種ダイトウコノハズクが生息していないことを確認した。
    日本学術振興会, 挑戦的研究(萌芽), 北海道大学, 20K21440
  • 衛星追跡で解明する生得的なさえずりを持つ鳥類アカショウビンの生態的種分化　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    緒戦的萌芽研究
    2016年 - 2018年
    高木 昌興
    KAKEN, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • 人為的環境改変によるリュウキュウコノハズク二系統の同所化と浸透性交雑に関する研究　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    2016年 - 2016年
    高木 昌興
    KAKEN 基盤研究B, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • 非学習形質であるフクロウ類の鳴き声の地理的分布は遺伝構造を反映するか？　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    基盤研究C
    2012年 - 2014年
    高木 昌興
    KAKEN, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • 南半球における托卵性鳥類と宿主の軍拡競争の新展開：温帯ドグマからの脱却　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    基盤研究A
    2011年 - 2014年
    上田 恵介
    KAKEN, 競争的資金
  • フクロウ類の巣に生息する鱗翅目昆虫の系統地理学・進化生態学的研究
    科学研究費助成事業
    2009年 - 2011年
    上田 恵介, 広渡 俊哉, 吉安 裕, 高木 昌興
    研究の結果、5種類のフクロウ種の巣の鱗翅類相が調査され、17種の蛾類が識別された。シマフクロウの巣からNiditinea striolella(Tineidae)(Agonopterix sp)、(Elachistidae)、フクロウの巣からはMonopis longella(=pavlovskii)、M. flavidorsalis、M. sp。M. congestella、Niditinea baryspilas、N. striolella、Tineidae sp。(Tineidae)、Martyringa ussuriella(Oecophoridae)、Mabra charonialis(Crambidae)、Pyralis regalis(Pyralidae);アオバズクの巣からTinea translucens, Niditinea baryspilas(Tineidae)、リュウキュウオオコノハズクの巣からOpogona sacchari(O. sp)、Phaeoses sp。ダイトウコノハズクの巣からOpogona sacchari、Phaeoses sp、Setomorpha sp。(Tineidae)、Endotricha theonalis(Pyralidae)、が発見された。これらのことから、フクロウおよび蛾の関係、生態系エンジニアとしての鳥の巣の役割が明らかになった。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 立教大学, 21570102
  • 海洋島に隔離分布する鳥類の鳴き声による血縁認識と近親交配の回避機構
    科学研究費助成事業
    2009年 - 2011年
    高木 昌興
    亜種ダイトウコノハズクの雄は巣立ち後短期間で出生巣に近く、雌は時間をかけて動き回り遠くに定着することが明らかになった。非血縁個体を配偶相手として選択すること、つがい外受精が起こっていることの分子遺伝学的証拠が得られた。つがい外受精による雛のヘテロ接合度は、つがい受精の雛よりも有意に高かった。雌が遺伝的により遠い個体を選択配偶し、更に異なるタイプの雄とのつがい外受精を受け入れていた。それぞれの個体が鳴き声の違いを認識できるかどうか査定した結果、識別が行われている可能性が示唆された。社会的な父親との声の類似度合い、同様に分散先が特定できた雌についてはつがい相手と社会的な父親との声の類似度合いを査定可能な情報が整いつつある。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 大阪市立大学, 21570022
  • 異所的集団の種分化研究と種分類学-DNAバーコードを超えて
    科学研究費助成事業
    2009年 - 2011年
    西海 功, 山崎 剛史, 濱尾 章二, 関 伸一, 高木 昌興, 岩見 恭子, 齋藤 武馬, 水田 拓
    日本列島の島嶼部を中心に分布する陸鳥類の14分類群(19種)について、異所的な集団の種分化と種分類に関する研究をDNA分析、形態学的分析、およびさえずりの音声分析を含む生態学的分析によっておこなった。日本列島の島嶼部を中心とした陸鳥の集団構造や種分化が極めて多様なことが示された。つまり、遺伝的な分析からは、南西諸島の地史を直接に反映した集団構造は陸鳥類では全くみられず、集団の分化のパターンが種によって大きく異なることがわかった。遺伝的に大きく分化している地理的境界線の位置も種によって異なるし、遺伝的分化の程度も分化の年代も種によって大きく異なることが示唆された。また、形態的分化や生態的分化の程度も種によって異なり、それらは必ずしも遺伝的分化の程度と相関しないことが推測された。近縁種の存否がさえずりの進化に影響する、すなわちさえずりの形質置換があったり、人為的環境の改変への適応が行動を通して形態的適応進化を促進したりすることがわかった。また、リュウキュウコノハズクやキビタキなど多数の種で亜種分類の見直しの必要性が示唆され、ウチヤマセンニュウなどいくつかの種では種分類の見直しの必要性が示唆された。今回の研究期間ではっきりと種・亜種分類の見直しの検討が出来たのはメボソムシクイ類とコトラツグミのみであったので、それ以外の見直しは今後の課題として残された。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 21370039
  • オーストラリア熱帯に生息する小型カッコウ類と宿主の進化的軍拡競争に関する行動生態学的研究
    科学研究費助成事業
    2006年 - 2009年
    上田 恵介, 江口 和洋, 西海 功, 高木 昌興, 高須 夫悟, 濱尾 章二, 濱尾 章二
    オーストラリア・ダーウィンにおいてアカメテリカッコウとその2種の宿主の調査を実施した。その結果、寄生者のヒナを宿主のハシブトセンニョムシクイとマングローブセンニョムシクイが積極的に排除するという事実が世界ではじめて明らかになった。ヒナ排除の事実はこれまでの托卵鳥研究で報告されたことはない。アカメテリカッコウはもともとハシブトセンニョムシクイを主要宿主として、ヒナ擬態を進化させたものであろうが、近年、マングローブセンニョムシクイにも寄生をはじめたものと考えられる。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 立教大学, 18405009
  • ハイガシラゴウシュウマルハシにおける協同繁殖の多様な展開
    科学研究費助成事業
    2005年 - 2008年
    江口 和洋, 上田 恵介, 高木 昌興, 西海 功
    協同繁殖種ハイガシラゴウシュウマルハシにおける手伝い行動の適応的意義が雌雄により異なることを明らかにした. 本種は絶対的協同繁殖種であるが, 巣での手伝い行動は繁殖成功の向上をもたらさなかった. 手伝いへの貢献度はオスではメスよりやや低く, ヒナとの血縁度は給餌貢献に影響しなかったが, メスでは, ヒナとの血縁が遠いヘルパーほど貢献度が高かった. この貢献度の性差は,繁殖地位獲得における性差に基づく.
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(A), 九州大学, 17255003
  • 亜熱帯島嶼に隔離分布するモズにおける環境適応と近親交配の影響
    科学研究費助成事業
    2005年 - 2007年
    高木 昌興
    平成19年度は,前年度までと同様に野外調査として,南大東島で繁殖するモズを捕獲,計測,採血,繁殖状況の追跡を行った。室内実験として,CHD遺伝子を用いたヒナの性判別,およびマイクロサテライトDNAを用いた親子判定,つがい間の血縁度の算出を行った。巣内雛の性比を体重の順位にしたがって解析した結果,雄雛の割合で表す性比は,0.47-1.57までの変異が認められた。巣内で最も軽い雛が雌に偏る可能性があったが,さらに標本数を増加させて検討する必要がある。父性の判定の結果,南大東島のモズ個体群では,つがい外受精が生じていることがわかった。つがい外受精は,合計62巣中10巣で確認され,その頻度は16%となった。鳥類におけるつがいが受精の確率は5%未満のことが多く,南大東島のつがいが受精率は比較的高い。また,雛レベルでのつがい外受精率は8%で全253巣中21個体が,社会的つがい以外の雄によって受精されたものであった。このような比較的高いつがい外受精率は,南大東島のような隔離された海洋島の特徴であろう。同時進行したダイトウコノハズクの研究は,つがい外受精でできた仔のヘテロ接合度は,つがいの受精による仔よりも高いことがわかった。隔離された狭い血縁個体が多くなる環境下では,つがい外交尾(受精)が適応的な行動と推察された。このためモズも比較的高いっがい外受精率を示したものと思われる。また,他地域におけるモズの孵化率は90%以上が通常であるが,南大東島では60%と極めて低く,個体間でも大きくばらついた。南大東島のモズの遺伝構造は単純で,対立遺伝子数が少なくつがいが血縁個体なった結果と結論された。
    日本学術振興会, 若手研究(B), 大阪市立大学, 17770019
  • オーストラリア産鳥類における協同繁殖の多様な進化
    科学研究費助成事業
    2002年 - 2004年
    江口 和洋, 上田 恵介, 永田 尚志, 高木 昌興
    1.3年間の調査期間中、ハイガシラゴウシュウマルハシの14群〜22群を確認し、観察を行った。平均群れサイズは4.21、3.85、4.59で、つがいのみの群れは少なく、大半はつがいに1〜7個体が加わっていた。全メンバーの性判定が出来た群れの性比は各年、11:11(6群)、25:20(13群)、14:12(9群)と、ほぼ雌雄同数であった。産卵数は1〜4卵で2卵が最も多く、複数メスによる同一巣産卵も見られた。巣立ち成功群の割合は2003年45%、2004年56%であった。失敗原因の大半は捕食で、ヒナの餓死は少なかった。つがいのみの群れでは巣立ちはゼロ、付加個体(ヘルパー)のいる群れでは平均巣立ち数は0.88であった。ヘルパーのいる群れでは、ヘルパー数と巣立ちヒナ数に相関はなかった。抱卵は特定のメス1個体のみが行うことが多かった。ヒナへの給餌は群れメンバーのほとんどが行ったが、少数個体はまったく給餌を行わなかった。2才以上の個体は1才個体に比べて給餌頻度が高かった。群れサイズが大きいほど単位時間ヒナ当たりの給餌回数は多かったが、差は有意ではなかった。本種は絶対的協同繁殖種であると考えられるが、繁殖への貢献度は個体差が大きく、ヘルパー数が増えても繁殖成功は高くならなかった。
    2.ハイガシラゴウシュウマルハシについて、3年間で合計29ブルード、45ヒナの性を判定し、親による性比調節の可能性を調べた。性を判定した全ヒナ中、30個体(66.67%)が雄であり、ヒナの個体群性比は雄に偏っていた。ヒナが複数いるブルードでは、多くの場合でブルード内のヒナの性は同じであった。ヘルパー性比が雌に偏っているグループでは、ブルード性比は雄に偏る傾向があった(0.72)。ヘルパー性比が雄に偏るにつれて、ブルード性比は雌に偏る傾向にあった。重み付きグループサイズが小さなグループでは、ブルード性比が雄に偏る傾向があった(0.72)。ハイガシラゴウシュウマルハシの雌は、ヘルパー性比と年齢で荷重をかけたヘルパー数に応じて性比を調節している可能性が高い。雌雄ともにヘルパーとなる鳥種において、性比調節の存在を示唆する結果を報告した研究は、我々が知る限り、本研究が最初である。
    3.オーストラリア北西部モンスーン地域に生息するセアカオーストラリアムシクイが協同繁殖を行うことを明らかにした。2004年に観察を行った17群中5群において1個体以上の付加成鳥個体が確認され、少数例ながら、付加個体の存在により、ヒナへの給餌回数が顕著に上昇したことが観察された。調査地域内はなわばりにより埋め尽くされていたが、数個のなわばりが新しく出現するほどの空間は残されていた。また、雌雄ともが付加個体となるがオスの方が多かった。生態的制約のうち、なわばりの不足の影響は少ないが、メスの不足が分散遅延を引き起こしている可能性を示唆している。全ての優位オスは赤黒タイプの羽衣を持ち、羽衣の色が付加オスにとって表現型制約となっていることを示唆していた。付加個体の存在はなわばり防衛には顕著な効果をもたらさなかったが、給餌頻度を高めることで繁殖成功を高めていると思われる。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 九州大学, 14405007
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