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KAWAKITA Atsushi

KAWAKITA Atsushi
Professor
Koishikawa Botanical Garden, Department of Biological Sciences (UG), Department of Biological Sciences (GR), Graduate School of Science
E-mail kawakita@ns.bg.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
TEL +81-3-3814-3745
Room Main Building, Koishikawa Botanical Garden
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Research Field

Plant Ecology, Plant Evolutionary Biology

Research Subject

Evolution of floral diversity, Plant adaptation to insect herbivores, Diversity of mining pattern by leaf-mining insects

Current Research

A large part of the present diversity of plants is the result of interaction with other organisms. It is therefore critical to understand the diversity of species interactions in order to understand the diversity of plants. We study how the various characteristics of angiosperm flowers and leaves have evolved through adaptation by focusing on the interactions between plants and pollinators and plants and herbivores. Our goal is to reveal the life of plants that we have not noticed by viewing plants through a window of biological interactions.

Keywords

Natural history, diversity, ecology, pollination, mutualism, species interaction, herbivorous insect