3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
Research Interests: Population, Community, Ecosystem and Conservation Ecology
Research Topic: Ecosystem consequences of parasitism, Ecosystem interaction
What can the complex interaction among organisms play a role in ecosystem? This question not only becomes an interesting theme in natural science, but has important implications for applied science because this theme contributes the elucidation and prediction of species diversity-ecosystem function relationships. Recently, I found a parasitic hairworm (Nematomorpha) can cause a parasite-mediated energy flow (PMEF) from forest to stream ecosystems via host manipulation. Through the Hakubi Project, I will reveal the generality, mechanisms and ecological consequences of the PMEF. These studies will offer a new insight into conservation and/or management of interacting ecosystems.