Ibaraki Nature Museum

Recent papers from Ibaraki Nature Museum

1. An assessment of the habitats and trophic level of the introduced slug Limax maximus in JapanBiological Invasions · 2026
2. Community‐wide epizoochorous interactions revealed from roadkilled mammalsOikos · 2026
3. Epigenetic Clock in Bears: A Simple Cost‐Effective Blood DNA Methylation‐Based Age Estimation Method Applicable to Multiple Bear SpeciesEcology and Evolution · 2025
4. Risky behavior of Asian black bears differs between sex and season in a landscape fragmented by roadsJournal of Zoology · 2025
5. Introduction of Azygia hwangtsiyui (Trematoda: Azygidae) to Japan with its life cycle informationJournal of Helminthology · 2025
6. Review: Biogeographic and environmental history of Fagus and beech‐dominant forest in JapanEcological Research · 2023
7. A comprehensive framework for handling location error in animal tracking data2020
8. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirementsConservation Biology · 2020
9. Downhill seed dispersal by temperate mammals: a potential threat to plant escape from global warmingScientific Reports · 2019
10. Testing cellular phone-enhanced GPS tracking technology for urban carnivoresAnimal Biotelemetry · 2019
11. Molecular and Morphological Discrimination of Dicrocoeliid Larvae (Trematoda: Digenea) from Terrestrial Mollusks in JapanJournal of Parasitology · 2018
12. Feeding Habits of Asian Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus) in Relation to the Abundance and Timing of Fruiting in 13 Tree SpeciesMammal Study · 2018
13. Detection of arboreal feeding signs by Asiatic black bears: effects of hard mast production at individual tree and regional scalesJournal of Zoology · 2018
14. Influence of Food Availability on Matrilineal Site Fidelity of Female Asian Black BearsMammal Study · 2017
15. Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata Summer Diet Differs between Sexes in a Suburban Area of Central JapanMammal Study · 2017
16. Using a novel method of potential available energy to determine masting condition influence on sex-specific habitat selection by Asiatic black bearsMammalia · 2017
17. The selection by the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) of spring plant food items according to their nutritional valuesZooKeys · 2017
18. In–situ U–Pb zircon age dating deciphering the formation event of the omphacite growth over relict edenitic pargasite in omphacite–bearing jadeitite of the Itoigawa–Omi area of the Hida–Gaien belt, central JapanJournal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences · 2017
19. Comparing methods of acquiring mammalian endozoochorous seed dispersal distance distributionsEcological Research · 2016
20. Notes on Stomach Contents of Japanese Weasels (Mustela itatsi) in Ibaraki, JapanMammal Study · 2013