AKASAKA Munemitsu

Professional Career

2006.04 - 7 : Researcher, Graduate school of Earth environmental science, Hokkaido University
2006.08 - 2011.03 : NIES postdoctoral fellow, National Institute for Environmental Studies
2011.04 - 2011.06 : Postdoctoral reseracher, Department of Science, Kyushu University
2011.07 - 2011.10 : Assistant professor, Department of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
2011.10 - 2012.01 : Assistant professor, Department of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
2014.11 - 2015.10 : Visiting Academics, School of Biologicalsciences, The University of Queensland
2012.02 - 2016.12 : Senior assistant professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2017.01- present : Associate Professor, Division of Environment Conservation, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

2002　Ms.C., in Earth Environmental Science, Earth Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
2006　Ph.D. in Earth Environmental Science, Earth Environmental Science, Hokkaido University

Research Interests

Conservation Plan, Plant, Alien Species, Conservation Plan, Plant, Alien Species, Reserve, Macro Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biodiversity Conservation

Publications

• Nishizawa F, Kubo T, Akasaka M Behavioral interventions to reduce unintentional non-native plants introduction: personal factors matter. Biological Conservation 284: 110139 2023 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110139
• Tatsuya Amano, Violeta Berdejo-Espinola, Munemitsu Akasaka Milton A.U. de Andrade Junior Ndayizeye Blaise Julia Checco F. Gözde Çilingir Geoffroy Citegetse Marina Corella Tor Szymek Drobniak Sylvaine Giakoumi Marina Golivets Mihaela C. Ion Javiera P. Jara-Díaz Ryosuke Katayose Felicia P.S. Lasmana Hsien-Yung Lin Erick Lopez Peter Mikula Lucia Morales-Barquero Anne-Christine Mupepele Juan P. Narváez-Gómez Viktor V. Natykanets Thi Hieu Nguyen Sá Nogueira Lisboa Martin A. Nuñez Diego Pavón Jordán Patrice Pottier Graham W. Prescott Farah Samad Marko Šćiban Hae-Min Seo Yushin Shinoda Flóra Vajna Svetlana Vozykova Jessica Walsh Alison K.S. Wee Hui Xiao Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments. Nature Sustainability,2023 DOI10.1038/s41893-023-01087-8
• Akasaka, M., Kubo, T., Soga, M. (2022) How well does online information-seeking behavior indicate public conservation orientation? Taxonomy and personal characteristics matter. Journal for Nature Conservation 66, 126123
• Akasaka, M., Kadoya, T., Fujita, T. Fuller, R.A. (2022) Narrowly distributed taxa are disproportionately informative for conservation planning. Scientific reports, 12,1, 2229, FEB 2022
• Amano, T., Berdejo, B.V., Christie, A.P., Willott, K., Akasaka, M., Báldi, A., Berthinussen, A., Bertolino, S., Bladon, A.J., Chen, M., Choi, C., Kharrat, M.B.D., de Oliveira, L.G., Farhat, P., Golivets, M., Aranzamendi, N.H., Jantke, K., Kajzer-Bonk, J., Aytekin, M.Ç.K., Khorozyan, I., Kito, K., Konno, K., Lin, D., Littlewood, N., Liu, Y., Liu, Y., Loretto, M., Marconi, V., Martin, P., Morgan, W.H., Narváez-Gómez, J.P., Negret, P.J., Nourani, E., Quintero, J.M.O., Ockendon, N., Oh, R.R.Y., Petrovan, S., Piovezan-Borges, A.C., Pollet, I.L., Ramos, D.L., Segovia, A.L.R., Rivera-Villanueva, A.N., Rocha, R.R., Rouyer, M., Sainsbury, K.A., Schuster, R., Schwab, D., Şekercioğlu, C.H., Seo, H., Shackelford, G., Shinoda, Y., Smith, R.K., Tao, S., Tsai, M., Tyler, E.H.M., Vajna, F., Valdebenito, J.O., Vozykova, S., Waryszak, P., Zamora-Gutierrez, V., Zenni, R.D., Zhou, W. & Sutherland,W.J. (2021) Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. Plos Biology, 19 (10) e3001296, 2021
• Nishizawa, F., Kubo, T., Koyama A., Akasaka M. (2021) Disconnection between conservation awareness and outcome: Identifying a bottleneck on non-native species introduction via footwear. Journal of Environmental Mamagement 298(15) 113439
• Biurrun, I., Pielech, R., Dembicz, I., Gillet, F., Kozub, Ł., Marcenò, C., Reitalu, T., Meerbeek, K. Van, Guarino, R., Chytrý, M., Pakeman, R.J., Preislerová, Z., Axmanová, I., Burrascano, S., Bartha, S., Boch, S., Bruun, H.H., Conradi, T., De Frenne, P., Essl, F., Filibeck, G., Hájek, M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Kuzemko, A., Molnár, Z., Pärtel, M., Pätsch, R., Prentice, H.C., Roleček, J., Sutcliffe, L.M.E., Terzi, M., Winkler, M., Wu, J., Aćić, S., Acosta, A.T.R., Afif, E., Akasaka, M., Alatalo, J.M., Aleffi, M., Aleksanyan, A., Ali, A., Apostolova, I., Ashouri, P., Bátori, Z., Baumann, E., Becker, T., Belonovskaya, E., Alonso, J.L.B., Berastegi, A., Bergamini, A., Bhatta, K.P., Bonini, I., Büchler, M.-O., Budzhak, V., Bueno, Á., Buldrini, F., Campos, J.A., Cancellieri, L., Carboni, M., Ceulemans, T., Chiarucci, A., Chocarro, C., Conti, L., Csergő, A.M., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Czarniecka-Wiera, M., Czarnocka-Cieciura, M., Czortek, P., Danihelka, J., Bello, F. de, Deák, B., Demeter, L., Deng, L., Diekmann, M., Dolezal, J., Dolnik, C., Dřevojan, P., Dupré, C., Ecker, K., Ejtehadi, H., Erschbamer, B., Etayo, J., Etzold, J., Farkas, T., Farzam, M., Fayvush, G., Calzado, M.R.F., Finckh, M., Fjellstad, W., Fotiadis, G., García-Magro, D., García-Mijangos, I., Gavilán, R.G., Germany, M., Ghafari, S., Galdo, G.P.G. del, Grytnes, J.-A., Güler, B., Gutiérrez-Girón, A., Helm, A., Herrera, M., Hüllbusch, E.M., Ingerpuu, N., Jägerbrand, A.K., Jandt, U., Janišová, M., Jeanneret, P., Jeltsch, F., Jensen, K., Jentsch, A., Kącki, Z., Kakinuma, K., Kapfer, J., Kargar, M., Kelemen, A., Kiehl, K., Kirschner, P., Koyama, A., Langer, N., Lazzaro, L., Lepš, J., Li, C.-F., Li, F.Y., Liendo, D., Lindborg, R., Löbel, S., Lomba, A., Lososová, Z., Lustyk, P., Luzuriaga, A.L., Ma, W., Maccherini, S., Magnes, M., Malicki, M., Manthey, M., Mardari, C., May, F., Mayrhofer, H., Meier, E.S., Memariani, F., Merunková, K., Michelsen, O., Mesa, J.M., Moradi, H., Moysiyenko, I., Mugnai, M., Naqinezhad, A., Natcheva, R., Ninot, J.M., Nobis, M., Noroozi, J., Nowak, A., Onipchenko, V., Palpurina, S., Pauli, H., Pedashenko, H., Pedersen, C., Peet, R.K., Pérez-Haase, A., Peters, J., Pipenbaher, N., Pirini, C., Pladevall-Izard, E., Plesková, Z., Potenza, G., Rahmanian, S., Rodríguez-Rojo, M.P., Ronkin, V., Rosati, L., Ruprecht, E., Rusina, S., Sabovljević, M., Sanaei, A., Sánchez, A.M., Santi, F., Savchenko, G., Sebastià, M.T., Shyriaieva, D., Silva, V., Škornik, S., Šmerdová, E., Sonkoly, J., Sperandii, M.G., Staniaszek-Kik, M., Stevens, C., Stifter, S., Suchrow, S., Swacha, G., Świerszcz, S., Talebi, A., Teleki, B., Tichý, L., Tölgyesi, C., Torca, M., Török, P., Tsarevskaya, N., Tsiripidis, I., Turisová, I., Ushimaru, A., Valkó, O., Mechelen, C. Van, Vanneste, T., Vasheniak, I., Vassilev, K., Viciani, D., Villar, L., Virtanen, R., Vitasović-Kosić, I., Vojtkó, A., Vynokurov, D., Waldén, E., Wang, Y., Weiser, F., Wen, L., Wesche, K., White, H., Widmer, S., Wolfrum, S., Wróbel, A., Yuan, Z., Zelený, D., Zhao, L. & Dengler, J. (2021) Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science 32:e13050
• Suire A, Isbell LA., Bidner LR., Shinoda Y., Akasaka M., & Matsumoto-Oda A. (2021) Influence of rainfall on sleeping site choice by a group of olive baboons (Papio anubis). American Journal of Primatology 83: e23223
• Konno K, Akasaka, M, Koshida C, Katayama N, Osada, N, Spake, R, Amano T. (2020) Ignoring non‐English‐language studies may bias ecological meta‐analyses (sic)(sic)(sic)Mots-cles & x30ad;& x30fc;& x30ef;& x30fc;& x30c9;Palavras-chavePalabras clave. Ecology and Evolution 10(13) ece3.6368 6373-6384
• Gilbert, B., McDougall A., Kadoya T., Akasaka M., Bennett J., Lind E., Flores-Moreno H., Firn J., Hautier Y., Borer E., Seabloom, E. Adler P., Cleland E., Grace, J., Harpole, W., Esch E., Moore J., Knops, J., McCulley R., Mortensen B., Bakker J., Fay P. 　Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29.7. 1177-1188, 2020
• Jun, X., Jorge Garcia, M., Guohuan. S., Matsuzaki, S., Akasaka M., Huan, Z., Heino, J. Cross-taxon congruence of multiple diversity facets of freshwater assemblages is determined by large-scale processes across China. Freshwater Biology 64(8):1492-1503. DOI:10.1111/fwb.13322
• Fukumori, K., Ishida, S., Shimoda, M., Takenaka, A., Akasaka, M., Nishihiro, J., Takamura, N., Kadoya T. Incorporating species population dynamics into static prioritization: targeting species undergoing rapid change. Journal of Applied Ecology (J Appl Ecol) 　56:2:450-458, 2019
• Sidle, RC., Gomi. T., Akasaka, M., Koyanagi, K. Ecosystem changes following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan: Future perspectives. AMBIO (AMBIO). (2018) 47 (6): 721–734, 2017
• Dengler, J., Wagner, V., Dembicz, I., García-Mijangos, I., Naqinezhad, A., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., Conradi, T., Filibeck, G., Guarino, R., Janišová, M., Steinbauer, M. J., Aćić, S., Acosta, A. T. R., Akasaka, M., Allers, M. A., Apostolova, I., Axmanová, I., Bakan, B., Baranova, A., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Bartha, S., Baumann, E., Becker, T., Becker, U., Belonovskaya, E., Bengtsson, K., Alonso, J. L. B., Berastegi, A., Bergamini, A., Bonini, I., Bruun, H., H., Budzhak, V., Bueno, A., Campos, J. A., Cancellieri, L., Carboni, M., Chocarro, C., Conti, L., Czarniecka-Wiera, M., Frenne, P. D., Deák, B., Didukh, Y. P., Diekmann, M., Dolnik, C., Dupré, C., Ecker, K., Ermakov, N., Erschbamer, B., Escudero, A., Etayo, J., Fajmonová, Z., Felde, V. A., Calzado, M. R. F., Finckh, M., Fotiadis, G., Fracchiolla, M., Ganeva, A., García-Magro, D., Gavilán, R. G., Germany, M., Giladi, I., Gillet, F., Galdo, G. P. G., González, J. M., Grytnes, J. A., Hájek, M., Hájková, P., Helm, A., Herrera, M., Hettenbergerová, E., Hobohm, C., Hüllbusch, E. M., Ingerpuu, N., Jandt, U., Jeltsch, F., Jensen, K., Jentsch, A., Jeschke, M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Kącki, Z., Kakinuma, K., Kapfer, J., Kavgacı, A., Kelemen, A., Kiehl, K., Koyama, A., Koyanagi, T. F., Kozub, Ł., Kuzemko, A., Kyrkjeeide, M. O., Landi, S., Langer, N., Lastrucci, L., Lazzaro, L., Lelli, C., Lepš, J., Löbel, S., Luzuriaga, A. L., Maccherini, S., Magnes, M., Malicki, M., Marcenò, C., Mardari, C., Mauchamp, L., May, F., Michelsen, O., Mesa, J. M., Molnár, Z., Moysiyenko, I. Y., Nakaga, Y. K., Natcheva, R., Noroozi, J., Pakeman, R. J., Palpurina, S., Pärtel, M., Pätsch, R., Pauli, H., Pedashenko, H., Peet, R. K., Pielech, R., Pipenbaher, N., Pirini, C., Plesková, Z., Polyakova, M. A., Prentice, H. C., Reinecke, J., Reitalu, T., Rodríguez-Rojo, M. P., Roleček, J., Ronkin, V., Rosati, L., Rosén, E., Ruprecht, E., Rusina, S., Sabovljević, M., Sánchez, A. M., Savchenko, G., Schuhmacher, O., Škornik, S., Sperandii, M. G., Staniaszek-Kik, M., Stevanović-Dajić, Z., Stock, M., Suchrow, S., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Swacha, G., Sykes, M., Szabó, A., Talebi, A., Tănase, C., Terzi, M., Tölgyesi, C., Torca, M., Török, P., Tóthmérész, B., Tsarevskaya, N., Tsiripidis, I., Tzonev, R., Ushimaru, A., Valkó, O., Maarel, E., Vanneste, T., Vashenyak, I., Vassilev, K., Viciani, D., Villar, L., Virtanen, R., Kosić, I. V., Wang, Y., Weiser, F., Went, J., Wesche, K., White, H., Winkler, M., Zaniewski, P. T., Zhang, H., Ziv, Y., Znamenskiy, S., Biurrun, I. GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands, Phytocoenologia (Phytocoenologia). 48:331-347, 2018