Insect Ecology

We research behavior, ecology and evolution mainly using insects. Research topics are the evolutionary process from the view point of natural selection and/or sexual selection, environmental effects on traits in animals, life-history evolution, and applied entomology in evolutionary biology.

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	Prof. MIYATAKE Takahisa E-mail: miyatake [at] okayama-u.ac.jp Evolutionary biology, Animal behavior, Entomology, Ethology, Chronobiology, Beetle, Fly, Ant Directory of Researchers 　Link to homepage

Avoiding attack and death feigning

How do organisms avoid natural enemies? Antipredator behavior, such as death feigning as insect material, is researched

	Asst. Prof. FUJIOKA Haruna E-mail: fujioka.ha [at] okayama-u.ac.jp Evolutionary biology, Animal behavior, Entomology, Ethology, Chronobiology, Beetle, Fly, Ant Directory of Researchers 　Link to homepage

Circadian rhythms in ants

How social interactions govern behaviors is a fundamental question in understanding complex biological systems in animal ecology. Our main research aim is to understand the chronobiological system of social insects.