Name

SATO, Yukie

Position

Biodiversity Division
JSPS Research Fellow (PD)

Research activities

I have studied on social behavior, mating behavior, distributional pattern, life history and sex ratio in social spider mites, the genus Stigmaeopsis (Acari: Tetranychidae), to explain their speciation pattern and process.

Contact

Phone : +81-29-838-8252
E-mail : satoyuky @ afffrc.go.jp

Education

March, 2004	Ph. D. in Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
March, 2001	Master in Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
March, 1999	Bachelor in Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Professional experience & research topics

April, 2009 - Present	JSPS Research Fellow (PD), National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Study on speciation and maintenance in two forms of a social spider mite Stigmaeopsis miscanthi (Saito)showing different male-to-male aggression
April, 2007 - March, 2009	NIAES Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Intra-guild predation between exotic predatory mites and native predatory mites in Japan
April, 2005 - March, 2007	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan Resistance management for sustainable use of endophyte-infected rice plants by combining refuge, chemical control, and biological control Population dynamics of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stal and the whitebacked planthopper, Sogatella furcifera Horvath in paddy fields: A simulation analysis Population dynamics and effect of sterile insect release for eradication of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire): A simulation analysis
April, 2004 - March, 2005	Research Assistant, Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office, Naha, Japan Postcopulatory mounting behavior of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
April, 2001 - March, 2004	JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Hokkaido University

Society memberships

Ecological Society of Japan
Japan Ethological Society
Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
The Acarological Society of Japan
The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Publication

(Original Papers)

Suguru Ohno, Kimiko Urasaki, Yukie Sato, DaiHaraguchi & Tsuguo Kohama (2009) Effects of surface processing of artificial diet before egg seeding and type of absorbent paper placed on the diet after egg seeding on survival of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil , Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Kyushu Plant Protection Research ( in press, in Japanese with English abstract)
Suguru Ohno, Tomonori Sasaki, Yukie Sato, Kimiko Urasaki, Dai Haraguchi & Tsuguo Kohama (2008) Prevention of bacterial contamination of the artificial diet for the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), by submersion of eggs in formaldehyde or ethanol, and combined treatments of the two sterilizing agents. Japanese Journal of Entomology New Series 11: 169-178 (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yukie Sato, Yutaka Saito & Anthony R. Chittenden (2008) The parapatric distribution and contact zone of two forms showing different male-to-male aggressiveness in a social spider mite, Stigmaeopsis miscanthi (Saito) (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 44: 265-276
Yukie Sato & Yutaka Saito (2008) Evolutionary view of waste management behavior using volatile chemical cues in social spider mites. Journal of Ethology 26: 267-272
Yukie Sato & Yutaka Saito (2007) Can the extremely female-biased sex ratio of the social spider mites be explained by Hamilton's LMC ? Ecological Entomology 32: 597?602
Yukie Sato & Tsuguo Kohama (2007) Post-copulatory mounting behavior of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curcurionidae). Ethology 113: 183-189
Yukie Sato & Yutaka Saito (2006) Nest sanitation in social spider mites: Interspecific differences in defecation behavior. Ethology 112: 664-669
Mituru Horita, Anthony R. Chittenden, Yukie Sato & Yutaka Saito (2004) Function of web box as an anti-predator barrier in the spider mite, Schizotetranychus recki. Journal of Ethology 22: 105-108.
Yukie Sato, Yutaka Saito & Takane Sakagami (2003) Rules for nest sanitation in a social spider mite, Schizotetranychus miscanthi Saito (Acari: Tetranychidae). Ethology 109: 713-724
YanXuan Zhang, Yutaka Saito, JianZhen Lin, Anthony R. Chittenden, Jei Ji & Yukie Sato (2003) Ambulatory migration in mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) to new leaves of moso bamboo shoots. Experimental and Applied Acarology 31: 59-70
Yukie Sato & Yutaka Saito (2002) Post-mating, pre-zygotic and post-zygotic reproductive isolation between populations showing different aggression levels in a subsocial spider mite, Schizotetranychus miscanthi Saito (Acari: Tetranychidae). Proceedings of Two Symposia on Ecology and Evolution in VIII INTECOL, Seoul, Korea, 65-69
Yutaka Saito, Kotaro Mori, Anthony R. Chittenden & Yukie Sato (2000) Correspondence of male-to-male aggression to spatial distribution of individuals in field populations of a subsocial spider mite. Journal of Ethology 18: 79-83
Yukie Sato, Yutaka Saito & Kotaro Mori (2000) Patterns of reproductive isolation between two groups of Schizotetranychus miscanthi Saito (Acari: Tetranychidae) showing different male aggression traits. Applied Entomology and Zoology 35: 611-618
Yukie Sato, Yutaka Saito & Kotaro Mori (2000) Reproductive isolation between populations showing different aggression in a subsocial spider mite, Schizotetranychus miscanthi Saito (Acari: Tetranychidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 35: 605-610