Publications

Parental niche construction buffers microbial and competitive challenges and drives offspring dependence in burying beetles

Grubmüller E., Meier D.V., Kreil M., Schmit L., Scharl E., Takata M., Weig A., Steiger S. (2026) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123: e2617749123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2617749123

Staying on board: synchronized behavioral switching allows phoretic nematodes to persist through host molting

Katsumi Y., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2026) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 80: 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-026-03786-6

A non-invasive method for estimating termite colony biomass using CO2 concentrations in laboratory conditions

Yabe K., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2026) Insectes Sociaux Published online. https://doi-org.kyoto-u.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01113-w

Reproduction by worker-derived kings under natural conditions in the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Takata M., Araki S., Takahashi M., Matsuura K. (2026) The Science of Nature 113: 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-026-02105-3

What kills a society: accumulation of uric acid increases infectious disease risk in termites

Konishi T., Nakashima M., Nozaki T., Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2026) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293: 20252438. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2438

Parental care liberates juvenile growth: a common-garden test of the evolutionary benefits of care

Eggert A.-K., Prang M.A., Capodeanu-Nägler A., Takata M., Creighton J.C., Hwang W., Sakaluk S.K., Sikes D.S., Smith A.N., Suzuki S., Trumbo S.T., Zywucki L., Steiger S. (2026) Evolution 80: 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf223

Speed–accuracy trade-off in egg recognition underlies seasonal acceptance of parasitic egg-mimicking fungi in termite colonies

Noboru Y., Maeda T., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2026) The Science of Nature 113: 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-02062-3

Breaking barriers in academic communication: Insights from a novel face-to-face interaction tracking app at an international conference

Yabe K., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2026) Journal of Informetrics 20: 101767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2025.101767

Identification of the critical period for socioenvironmental influences on caste determination in a termite

Kamiyama R., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2026) Insectes Sociaux 73: 219-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01063-9

Transgenerational epigenetic effect of kings’ aging on offspring’s caste fate mediated by sperm DNA methylation in termites

Takata M., Takahashi M., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Rueppell O., Vargo E.L., Matsuura K. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122: e2509506122. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2509506122

Differences in gene expression patterns between parthenogenetically and sexually produced offspring during early development of Reticulitermes speratus

Kamiyama R., Takahashi M., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2025) Insect Molecular Biology 34: 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.13001

Prevalence, geographic distribution, and transmission pathway of Camponotus yamaokai virus

Okada E., Chiyoda K., Inoue K.S., Yamasaki K., Takata M., Satoh T., Koyama K. (2025) Archives of Virology 170: 102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-025-06285-7

A breeding system derived from asexual queen succession in termite colonies from cold climate regions

Takahashi M., Konishi T., Yabe K., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2025) Molecular Ecology 34: e17724. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17724

Genetic variation among populations in parental exclusion of heterospecific larvae in burying beetles

Takata M., Matsuo Y. (2025) Population Ecology 67: 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12208

Fight, retreat, repeat: The male-male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach, Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blaberidae)

Osaki H., Nakazono T., Yabe K., Takata M., Mikaelyan A. (2024) Ecology and Evolution 14: e70319. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70319

Inter-clonal competition over queen succession imposes a cost of parthenogenesis on termite colonies

Wu Y., Fujita T., Namba Y., Kobayashi K., Takata M., Vargo E.L., Matsuura K. (2024) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291: 20232711. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2711

DESI-IMS coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry demonstrated the capability of NMN imaging in Shelfordella lateralis tissue

Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Mamun Md. A., Oyama S., Waliullah A.S.M., Islam A., Nabi Md. M., Aramaki S., Tasaki E., Mitaka Y., Takata M., Sato T., Kahyo T., Matsuura K., Setou M. (2024) Medical Mass Spectrometry 8: 1-9. http://www.jsbms.jp/english/publish/

Maternal determination of soldier proportion and paternal determination of soldier sex ratio in hybrid Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) termite colonies

Wu Y., Chen J., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2023) PLOS ONE 18: e0293096. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293096

Plastic brain structure changes associated with the division of labor and aging in termites

Ishibashi T., Waliullah A.S.M., Aramaki S., Kamiya M., Kahyo T., Nakamura K., Tasaki E., Takata M., Setou M., Matsuura K. (2023) Development, Growth & Differentiation 65: 374-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/dgd.12873

A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions

Takata M., Yabe K., Noro S., Mizote S., Konishi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) The Science of Nature 110: 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-023-01865-6

The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity

Tasaki E., Mitaka Y., Takahashi Y., Waliullah A.S.M., Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Islam A., Kamiya M., Sato T., Aramaki S., Kikushima K., Horikawa M., Nakamura K., Kahyo T., Takata M., Setou M., Matsuura K. (2023) PNAS Nexus 2: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222

Discovery of an underground chamber to protect kings and queens during winter in temperate termites

Takata M., Konishi T., Nagai S., Wu Y., Nozaki T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Scientific Reports 13: 8809. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36035-1

Heritable effects on caste determination and colony-level sex allocation in termites under field conditions

Takata M., Nagai S., Inagaki T., Ohkubo Y., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) iScience 26: 106207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106207

King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites

Konishi T., Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2023) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290: 20221942. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1942

The lose-to-win strategy of the weak: intraspecific parasitism via egg abduction in a termite

Tamaki C., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2021) Biology Letters 17: 20210540. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0540

Why and how do termite kings and queens live so long?

Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2021) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 376: 20190740. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2019.0740

A non-invasive method for sexing first and second instar larvae of termites using external morphology

Takata M., Inagaki T., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2020) Insectes Sociaux 67: 487-493. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-020-00785-2

A parental volatile pheromone triggers offspring begging in a burying beetle

Takata M., Mitaka Y., Steiger S., Mori N. (2019) iScience 19: 1260-1278. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900421930224X

Mating triggers queen elimination by workers of Japanese harvester ant (Messor aciculatus)

Takata M., Thomas C.E., Koyama S. (2018) Journal of Insect Behavior 31: 277-282. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-018-9678-9

Return of drones: flight experience improves returning performance in honeybee drones

Hayashi S., Farkhary S.I., Takata M., Satoh T., Koyama S. (2017) Journal of Insect Behavior 30: 237-246. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-017-9616-2

Contemporary evolution of host plant range expansion in an introduced herbivorous beetle Ophraella communa

Fukano Y., Doi H., Thomas C.E., Takata M., Koyama S., Satoh T. (2016) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 757-765. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jeb.12824

Resource partitioning based on body size contributes to the species diversity of wood‐boring beetles and arboreal nesting ants

Satoh T., Yoshida T., Koyama S., Yamagami A., Takata M., Doi H., Kurachi T., Hayashi S., Hirobe T., Hata Y. (2016) Insect Conservation and Diversity 9: 4-12. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/icad.12136

Control of parental investment changes plastically over time with residual reproductive value

Takata M., Doi H., Thomas C.E., Koyama S. (2016) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 199-204. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jeb.12775

The proximate cause of asynchronous hatching in the burying beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus

Takata M., Hayashi S., Thomas C.E., Koyama S. (2015) Journal of Ethology 33: 197-203. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-015-0431-y

Identification, characterization and full-length sequence analysis of a novel dsRNA virus isolated from the arboreal ant Camponotus yamaokai

Koyama S., Urayama S., Ohmatsu T., Sassa Y., Sakai C., Takata M., Hayashi S., Nagai M., Furuya T., Moriyama H., Satoh T., Ono S., Mizutani T. (2015) Journal of General Virology 96: 1930-1937. https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.000126

Asynchronous hatching in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus quadripunctatus, maximizes parental fitness

Takata M., Hayashi S., Thomas C.E., Koyama S., Satoh T., Fugo H. (2014) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 1830-1836. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jeb.12433

Saliva collection by using filter paper for measuring cortisol levels in dogs

Oyama D., Hyodo M., Doi H., Kurachi T., Takata M., Koyama S., Satoh T., Watanabe G. (2014) Domestic Animal Endocrinology 46: 20-25. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739724013001161

Asynchronous hatching and brood reduction by filial cannibalism in the burying beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus

Takata M., Koyama S., Satoh T., Fugo H. (2013) Journal of Ethology 31: 249-254. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-013-0373-1

Relationship between the size of the parasitoid wasp Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and host ladybird species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Koyama S., Thomas C.E., Takata M. (2013) Trends in Entomology 9: 39-43. http://www.researchtrends.net/tia/abstract.asp?in=0&vn=9&tid=20&aid=5133&pub=2013&type=3

Paternity assurance before and after fertilization by male burying beetles (Nicrophorus quadripunctatus)

Takata M., Kurachi T., Koyama S., Satoh T., Fugo H. (2013) Journal of Ethology 31: 185-191. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-013-0366-0