Name

Tatsuya AMANO

Role

Researcher

Department

Biodiversity Division

Contact Information

National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
3-1-3, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
305-8604, Japan
Tel/Fax: +81-29-838-8245
e-mail amatatsu@affrc.go.jp

Research Projects and Interests

My aim is to (1) understand the determining processes behind the spatial distribution of organisms and (2) apply the knowledge obtained to conservation management problems, particularly in agricultural landscapes.
Currently, my research projects focus on birds in farmlands.

Impact of agricultural practices on birds

Evaluating the impact of rice field management on geese, egrets and waders

Function of agricultural landscapes as habitats for birds

Identifying important landscape elements, composition and configuration for farmland birds
Predicting the impact of changes in agricultural landscapes on bird species

Long-term population trends of birds

Developing indicators for population trends of bird species using long-term monitoring data
Developing spatially-explicit models that predict future changes in the population dynamics of bird species

As means of approaching the projects described above, my research interests also include some fundamental ecological themes:

Behavioural Ecology

Revealing decision-making processes in individuals under uncertain environments and in group-living animals and the consequences for spatial distribution

Landscape Ecology

Understanding the effects of spatial and temporal habitat heterogeneity on animal populations

Macroecology

Exploring factors affecting the nationwide distribution of bird species
Applying comparative methods to conservation biology

Profile

Personal Data

Family name: Amano
First name: Tatsuya
Date of birth: August 30, 1978

EDUCATION

2001: B.Sc. Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
2003: M.Sc. Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
2006: Ph.D. Agriculture, The University of Tokyo

WORK

2006-: Researcher at National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences

Web page

http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/amatatsu/index_e.htm

Publications

(Original Papers)

Amano, T. and Katayama, N. (in press) Hierarchical movement decisions in predators: the influence of foraging experience at more than one spatial and temporal scale. Ecology.
Amano, T. (in press) Conserving bird species in Japanese farmland: Past achievements and future challenges. .Biological Conservation.
Child, M.F., Cumming, G.S. and Amano, T. (in press) Assessing the broad-scale impact of agriculturally transformed and protected area landscapes on avian taxonomic and functional richness. Biological Conservation.
King, S., Elphick, C.S., Guadagnin, D., Taft, O. and Amano, T. (in press) Effects of landscape features on waterbird use of rice fields. Waterbirds.
Raine, A.F., Brown, A.F., Amano, T. and Sutherland, W.J. (in press) Assessing population changes from disparate data sources: the decline of the Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) in England. Bird Conservation International.
Yamaura, Y., Amano, T., Koizumi, T., Mitsuda, Y., Taki, H. and Okabe, K. (2009) Does land-use change affect biodiversity dynamics at a macroecological scale? A case study of birds over the past 20 years in Japan. Animal Conservation 12: 110-119.
Amano, T., Kusumoto, Y., Tokuoka, Y., Yamada, S., Kim, E.-Y. and Yamamoto, S. (2008) Spatial and temporal variations in the use of rice-paddy dominated landscapes by birds in Japan. Biological Conservation 141: 1704-1716.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K. and Higuchi, H. (in press) Methods of predicting the risks of wheat damage by white-fronted geese. Journal of Wildlife Management.
Yamaura, Y., Amano, T. and Katoh, K (2008) Ecological traits determine the affinity of birds to a larch plantation matrix, in montane Nagano, central Japan. Ecological Research 23: 317-327.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2007) Predicting grazing damage by white-fronted geese under different regimes of agricultural management and the physiological consequences for the geese. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 506-515.
Amano, T. and Yamaura, Y. (2007) Ecological and life-history traits related to range contractions among breeding birds in Japan. Biological Conservation 137: 271-282.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Moriguchi, S., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2006) Decision-making in group foragers with incomplete information: test of individual-based model in geese. Ecological Monographs 76: 601-616.
Moriguchi, S., Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2006) The relationship between abdominal profile index and body condition of Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons. Ornithological Science 5: 193-198.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2006) Foraging patch selection and departure by non-omniscient foragers: a field example in white-fronted geese. Ethology 112: 544-553.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2006) Costs and benefits of flocking in foraging white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons): effects of resource depletion. Journal of Zoology 269: 111-115.
Takeda, M., Amano, T., Katoh, K. and Higuchi, H. (2006) The habitat requirement of the Genji-firefly Luciola cruciata (Coleoptera : Lampyridae), a representative endemic species of Japanese rural landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 191-203.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2004) Evaluating goose-dropping density as an index of food-consumption volume along a depletion gradient. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 782-785.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2004) Alleviating grazing damage by white-fronted geese: an optimal foraging approach. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 675-688.
Amano, T., Ushiyama, K., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2004) Factors affecting rice grain density unconsumed by white-fronted geese in relation to wheat damage. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 102: 403-407.
Ushiyama, K., Amano, T., Fujita, G. and Higuchi, H. (2003) Behavioral approaches to agricultural damage problems and conservation of geese. Japanese Journal of Ornithology 52: 88-96 (In Japanese with English summary).