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List of works by Makoto Kato

A new large tellinid species of the genus Pharaonella from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (Mollusca, Bivalvia).

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A new species of Poropoea (Trichogrammatidae) oviposites by entering through the oviposition hole of attelabid beetle

A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

A new variety of the mycoheterotrophic orchid Lecanorchis thalassica from Xieng Khouang Province, Laos

scientific article published in 2018

A novel obligate cultivation mutualism between damselfish and Polysiphonia algae

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Active pollination favours sexual dimorphism in floral scent

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An obligate pollination mutualism and reciprocal diversification in the tree genus Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae)

scientific article published on April 14, 2003

Assessment of the diversity and species specificity of the mutualistic association between Epicephala moths and Glochidion trees

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Bryophyte-Feeders in a Basal Brachyceran Lineage (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Spaniinae): Adult Oviposition Behavior and Changes in the Larval Mouthpart Morphology Accompanied with the Diet Shifts

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Bryophytes facilitate outcrossing of Mitella by functioning as larval food for pollinating fungus gnats

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

COSPECIATION ANALYSIS OF AN OBLIGATE POLLINATION MUTUALISM: HAVE GLOCHIDION TREES (EUPHORBIACEAE) AND POLLINATING EPICEPHALA MOTHS (GRACILLARIIDAE) DIVERSIFIED IN PARALLEL?

scientific article published on 13 July 2006

Changes in the biodiversity of a deciduous forest ecosystem caused by an increase in the Sika deer population at Ashiu, Japan

Chemical ecology of obligate pollination mutualisms: testing the 'private channel' hypothesis in the Breynia-Epicephala association

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Coprinopsis asiaticiphlyctidospora sp. nov., an agaric ammonia fungus from Amami and Okinawa, southern Japan

scientific article published in September 2014

Cospeciation analysis of an obligate pollination mutualism: have Glochidion trees (Euphorbiaceae) and pollinating Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae) diversified in parallel?

scientific article published on October 2004

Cryptic genetic divergence and associated morphological differentiation in the arboreal land snail Satsuma (Luchuhadra) largillierti (Camaenidae) endemic to the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

scientific article published on 13 April 2007

Descriptions of new species of Issikiomartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) and a new genus Melinopteryx gen. n. with two new species from Japan

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Entangling Ancient Allotetraploidization in Asian Mitella: An Integrated Approach for Multilocus Combinations

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

Evidence for specificity toGlomusgroup Ab in two Asian mycoheterotrophicBurmanniaspecies

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Evolution and phylogenetic utility of alignment gaps within intron sequences of three nuclear genes in bumble bees (Bombus).

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Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in New Caledonian Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae)

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Fern–spore‐feeder interaction in temperate forests in Japan: Sporing phenology and spore‐feeding insect community

scientific article published on February 5, 2009

Floral biology and unique pollination system of root holoparasites, Balanophora kuroiwai and B. tobiracola (Balanophoraceae)

scientific article published on July 1, 2002

Genetic differentiation and genetic diversity of Castanopsis (Fagaceae), the dominant tree species in Japanese broadleaved evergreen forests, revealed by analysis of EST-associated microsatellites

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Host range and selectivity of the hemiparasitic plant Thesium chinense (Santalaceae)

scientific article published on 20 May 2008

Host selectivity, haustorial anatomy and impact of the invasive parasite Parentucellia viscosa on floodplain vegetative communities in Japan

scientific article published in 2012

Host specificity and population dynamics of a sponge-endosymbiotic bivalve

scientific article published in September 2012

Interspecific variation of floral scent composition in Glochidion and its association with host-specific pollinating seed parasite (Epicephala).

scientific article published on 30 March 2007

Leafflower-leafflower moth mutualism in the Neotropics: Successful transoceanic dispersal from the Old World to the New World by actively-pollinating leafflower moths

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Molecular phylogeny of echiuran worms (Phylum: Annelida) reveals evolutionary pattern of feeding mode and sexual dimorphism

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Molecular phylogeny of the bivalve superfamily Galeommatoidea (Heterodonta, Veneroida) reveals dynamic evolution of symbiotic lifestyle and interphylum host switching

scientific article published on September 6, 2012

Morphological and ecological adaptation of limpet-shaped top shells (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Fossarininae) to wave-swept rock reef habitats

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Mushroom attracts hornets for spore dispersal by a distinctive yeasty scent

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Mutualism favours higher host specificity than does antagonism in plant-herbivore interaction.

scientific article published on 28 April 2010

Nest Structure, Colony Composition and Foraging Activity of a Tropical-Montane Bumblebee, Bombus senex (Hymenoptera : Apidae), in West Sumatra

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Nonuniform concerted evolution and chloroplast capture: heterogeneity of observed introgression patterns in three molecular data partition phylogenies of Asian Mitella (saxifragaceae).

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Obligate commensalism of Curvemysella paula (Bivalvia: Galeommatidae) with hermit crabs

scientific article published in 2007

Obligate pollination mutualism in Breynia (Phyllanthaceae): further documentation of pollination mutualism involving Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae)

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Parallel floral adaptations to pollination by fungus gnats within the genus Mitella (Saxifragaceae).

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia)

scientific article published on November 21, 2010

Phylogenetic position of the endemic large carpenter bee of the Ogasawara Islands, Xylocopa ogasawarensis (Matsumura, 1912) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), inferred from four genes

scientific article published on August 2008

Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences

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Phylogeographical patterns of a generalist acorn weevil: insight into the biogeographical history of broadleaved deciduous and evergreen forests

scientific article (publication date: 16 May 2009)

Phylogeography of Phytophagous Weevils and Plant Species in Broadleaved Evergreen Forests: A Congruent Genetic Gap between Western and Eastern Parts of Japan

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Plant‐pollinator interactions in New Caledonia influenced by introduced honey bees

scientific article published on November 1, 2004

Plant–pollinator interactions in tropical monsoon forests in Southeast Asia

scientific article published on November 1, 2008

Pollination system and the effect of inflorescence size on fruit set in the deceptive orchid Cephalanthera falcata

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Pollination system of <i>Corylopsis gotoana</i> (<scp>H</scp>amamelidaceae) and its stonefly (<scp>P</scp>lecoptera) co‐pollinator

scientific article published in 2017

Pollinator and Stem- and Corm-Boring Insects Associated with Mycoheterotrophic Orchid Gastrodia elata

Proboscis Lengths and Flower Utilization of Bumblebees from Sumatra and Java

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Reciprocal Symbiont Sharing in the Lodging Mutualism between Walking Corals and Sipunculans

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Redundant species, cryptic host-associated divergence, and secondary shift in Sennertia mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with four large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopa) in the Japanese island arc.

scientific article published on 12 August 2008

Repeated independent evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the Phyllantheae-Epicephala association

scientific article (publication date: 7 February 2009)

Reproductive character displacement in genital morphology in Satsuma land snails.

scientific article published in May 2009

Reversal of mutualism in a leafflower-leafflower moth association: the possible driving role of a third-party partner

scientific article published on 08 August 2015

Revision of the Japanese species of Epicephala Meyrick with descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)

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Selective flower abortion maintains moth cooperation in a newly discovered pollination mutualism

scientific article published on 26 January 2010

The evolutionary history of maternal plant-manipulation and larval feeding behaviours in attelabid weevils (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea)

scientific article published on April 17, 2012

The macrobenthic community in intertidal sea urchin pits and an obligate inquilinism of a limpet-shaped trochid gastropod in the pits

scientific article published in 2017

Three pollination guilds and variation in floral characteristics of Bornean gingers (Zingiberaceae and Costaceae)

scientific article (publication date: May 1999)

Unveiling cryptic species diversity of flowering plants: successful biological species identification of Asian Mitella using nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences

scientific article published on 16 May 2009

Diversity underfoot of agromyzids (Agromyzidae, Diptera) mining thalli of liverworts and hornworts

scientific article published on 30 November 2022

Notes on the taxonomic status and distribution of some Cylindrotomidae (Diptera, Tipuloidea), with emphasis on Japanese species

scholarly article published in 2022