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ANDO Haruko

Researcher Name: ANDO Haruko

Div (Section) name/title: Biodiversity Division（Ecosystem Function Research Section）／Senior Researcher

Research Subject: Conservation biology of wildlife based on molecular biological approach

Degree(s): Doctor of Agriculture

Professional Qualification(s): Biology,Agricultural Science,Forestry

Environmental Speciality Field: Molecular Ecology,Conservation Biology,Island Biology

Brief Description of Research: Island Ecosystems are vulnerable for artificial disturbance, and thus a large number of organisms are at a risk of extinction. My research subject is conservation biology of island birds and mammals, focusing on their movement ability and food selection.

Genetic structure of endangered species
I estimated the degree of gene flow within and among island habitats of endangered species: albatrosses, Japanese wood pigeons and Amami rabbits. These studies are useful for their appropriate genetic management.

Diet analyses based on DNA metabarcoding
I evaluated diet composition of Japanese wood pigeons and sheawaters whose diet is difficult to be observed in the field. I also conducted experiments to establish the technique.

Inter island seed dispersal by birds in oceanic islands
The Japanese wood pigeon, which distribute islands around Japanese and Korean territories, move among island in various temporal and spacial scales. I estimated how such behavior affect inter-island seed dispersal of plants by monitoring of movement frequency of birds and fruit abundance, and fecal analyses.

Research Subject

Fiscal Year: 2024
- 26826 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
- 26827 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
- 26866 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
- 26869 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
Fiscal Year: 2023
- 26417 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
- 26418 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
- 26454 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
- 26456 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
Fiscal Year: 2022
- 25981 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
- 25982 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
- 26012 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
- 26014 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
- 26228 : Conservation ecology of Ryukyu Scopus Owl based on the genetic management of reintroduced population
Fiscal Year: 2021
- 25514 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
- 25515 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
- 25809 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
- 25811 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
- 25861 : Study of inter-island seed dispersal by birds in oceanic islands.
- 25862 : Conservation ecology of Ryukyu Scopus Owl based on the genetic management of reintroduced population
Fiscal Year: 2020
- 25098 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 25140 : Evaluation of Ecosystem Functions and Services and their Sustainable Use
- 25196 : Project for the Promotion of Environmental Genomics Studies
- 25395 : Study of inter-island seed dispersal by birds in oceanic islands.
Fiscal Year: 2019
- 24695 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 24720 : Evaluation of Ecosystem Functions and Services and their Sustainable Use
- 24858 : Project for the Promotion of Environmental Genomics Studies
- 24896 : Study of inter-island seed dispersal by birds in oceanic islands.
Fiscal Year: 2018
- 24303 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
- 24354 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 24446 : Project for The Promotion of Environmental Genomics studies
Fiscal Year: 2017
- 23825 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
- 23845 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 23970 : Project for The Promotion of Environmental Genomics studies
- 24182 : Assessment of tourism sustainability using socio-ecological approach: balancing conservation with tourism access
- 24220 : Evolutionally back ground and pattern of wide-ranging movement of an endangered bird in an oceanic island
Fiscal Year: 2016
- 23408 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
- 23413 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
- 23484 : Project for The Promotion of Environmental Genomics studies
- 23685 : Clarification of waterbirds
- 23690 : Evolutionally back ground and pattern of wide-ranging movement of an endangered bird in an oceanic island
- 23766 : Assessment of tourism sustainability using socio-ecological approach: balancing conservation with tourism access
- 23796 : Genetic analysis of the Amami Rabbit Pentalagus furness in Tokunoshima Island
Fiscal Year: 2015
- 23269 : Effects of establishment of the artificial wetlands on feeding ecology of the wintering birds in Lake Kasumigaura

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Research Result (Publication)

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Original Paper
Review

Original Paper
“Wait” to promote high sighting rates of wildlife in tourism: evidence from a wildlife disturbance experiment

Presenter : Hsu C., Fukasawa K., Mizuta T., Kimoto Y., Mameno K., Ando H., Kang J., Kubo T.
Title : , Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 1-11 (2024)
Original Paper
Gulls contribute to olive seed dispersal within and among islands in a Mediterranean coastal area

Presenter : Ando H., Martin-Velez V., Tavecchia G, Traveset A., Jimenez-Martin I., Igual J.M., Martinez-Abrain A., Hervias-Parejo S.
Title : , Journal of Biogeography (2023)
Original Paper
Noise pollution alters the diet composition of invertebrate consumers both in and beyond a noise-exposed grassland ecosystem

Presenter : Senzaki M., Ando H., Kadoya T.
Title : , Ecology Letters, 27:e14323: (2023)
Original Paper
Temporal and interspecific dietary variation in wintering ducks in agricultural landscapes

Presenter : Ando H., Ikeno S., Narita A., Komura T., Takada A., Isagi Y., Oguma H., Inoue T., Takenaka A.
Title : , Molecular Ecology, 00:1-13 (2022)
Original Paper
Highly mobile seed predators contribute to interisland seed dispersal within an oceanic archipelago

Presenter : Ando H., Mori Y., Miho N., Kanon M., Masaki A., Kitamura W., Sato N.
Title : , OIKOS (2021)
Original Paper
DNA meta-barcoding revealed that sika deer foraging strategies vary with season in a forest with degraded understory vegetation

Presenter : Nakahama N., Furuta T., Ando H., Setsuko S., Takayanagi A., Isagi Y.
Title : , Forest Ecology and Management (2020)
Original Paper
Methodological trends and perspectives of animal dietary studies by noninvasive fecal DNA metabarcoding

Presenter : Ando H., Mukai H., Komura T., Dewi T., Ando M., Isagi Y.
Title : , Environmental DNA, 2(4):391-406 (2020)
Original Paper
Evaluating the existence and benefit of major histocompatibility complex-based mate choice in an isolated owl population

Presenter : Akira Sawada, Ando H., Masaoki Takagi
Title : , Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(6):762-772 (2020)
Review
Genetic and ecological conservation issues for oceanic island birds, revealed by a combination of the latest molecular techniques and conventional field work

Presenter : Ando H.
Title : , Ecological Research, 34(2):254-266 (2019)
Original Paper
Role of wetlands in mitigating the tradeoff between crop production and water quality in agricultural landscapes

Presenter : Matsuzaki S., Kohzu A., Kadoya T., Watanabe Mirai., Osawa T., Komatsu K., Kondo N., Yamaguchi H., Ando H., Shimotori K., Fukaya K., Nakagawa M., Kizuka T., Yoshioka A., Sasai T., Saigusa N., Matsushita B., Takamura N.
Title : , Ecosphere, 10(11):e02918 (2019)
Original Paper
DNA barcoding reveals seasonal shifts in diet and consumption of deep-sea fishes in wedge-tailed shearwaters

Presenter : Komura T., Ando H., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Isagi Y.
Title : , PLOS ONE (2018)
Original Paper
Historical and Recent Impacts on Genetic Structure of an Island Rabbit

Presenter : Ando H., Tsuda Y., Kaneko S., Kubo T.
Title : , Journal of Wildlife Mamagement (2018)
Original Paper
Evaluation of plant contamination in metabarcoding diet analysis of a herbivore

Presenter : Ando H., Fujii C., Kawanabe M., Ao Y., Inoue T., Takenaka A.
Title : , Scientific Reports (2018)
Original Paper
Wide-Ranging Movement and Foraging Strategy of the Critically Endangered Red-Headed Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina nitens ): Findings from a Remote Uninhabited Island

Presenter : Ando H., Sasaki T., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Chiba H., Yamasaki M., Isagi Y.
Title : , Pacific Science, 71(2): (2017)
Original Paper
Seasonal and inter-island variation in the foraging strategy of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens in disturbed island habitats derived from high-throughput sequencing

Presenter : Ando H., Setsuko S., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Umehara S., Yamasaki M., Tanya G., Inoue-Murayama M., Isagi Y.
Title : , Ibis (2016)
Original Paper
The applicability of DNA barcoding for dietary analysis of sika deer

Presenter : Nakahara F., Ando H., Ito H., Murakami A., Morimoto N., Yamasaki M., Takayanagi A., Isagi Y.
Title : , DNA barcodes, 3:200-206 (2015)

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“Wait” to promote high sighting rates of wildlife in tourism: evidence from a wildlife disturbance experiment

Presenter : Hsu C., Fukasawa K., Mizuta T., Kimoto Y., Mameno K., Ando H., Kang J., Kubo T.
Title : , Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 1-11 (2024)
Gulls contribute to olive seed dispersal within and among islands in a Mediterranean coastal area

Presenter : Ando H., Martin-Velez V., Tavecchia G, Traveset A., Jimenez-Martin I., Igual J.M., Martinez-Abrain A., Hervias-Parejo S.
Title : , Journal of Biogeography (2023)
Noise pollution alters the diet composition of invertebrate consumers both in and beyond a noise-exposed grassland ecosystem

Presenter : Senzaki M., Ando H., Kadoya T.
Title : , Ecology Letters, 27:e14323: (2023)
Temporal and interspecific dietary variation in wintering ducks in agricultural landscapes

Presenter : Ando H., Ikeno S., Narita A., Komura T., Takada A., Isagi Y., Oguma H., Inoue T., Takenaka A.
Title : , Molecular Ecology, 00:1-13 (2022)
Highly mobile seed predators contribute to interisland seed dispersal within an oceanic archipelago

Presenter : Ando H., Mori Y., Miho N., Kanon M., Masaki A., Kitamura W., Sato N.
Title : , OIKOS (2021)
DNA meta-barcoding revealed that sika deer foraging strategies vary with season in a forest with degraded understory vegetation

Presenter : Nakahama N., Furuta T., Ando H., Setsuko S., Takayanagi A., Isagi Y.
Title : , Forest Ecology and Management (2020)
Methodological trends and perspectives of animal dietary studies by noninvasive fecal DNA metabarcoding

Presenter : Ando H., Mukai H., Komura T., Dewi T., Ando M., Isagi Y.
Title : , Environmental DNA, 2(4):391-406 (2020)
Evaluating the existence and benefit of major histocompatibility complex-based mate choice in an isolated owl population

Presenter : Akira Sawada, Ando H., Masaoki Takagi
Title : , Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(6):762-772 (2020)
Role of wetlands in mitigating the tradeoff between crop production and water quality in agricultural landscapes

Presenter : Matsuzaki S., Kohzu A., Kadoya T., Watanabe Mirai., Osawa T., Komatsu K., Kondo N., Yamaguchi H., Ando H., Shimotori K., Fukaya K., Nakagawa M., Kizuka T., Yoshioka A., Sasai T., Saigusa N., Matsushita B., Takamura N.
Title : , Ecosphere, 10(11):e02918 (2019)
DNA barcoding reveals seasonal shifts in diet and consumption of deep-sea fishes in wedge-tailed shearwaters

Presenter : Komura T., Ando H., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Isagi Y.
Title : , PLOS ONE (2018)
Historical and Recent Impacts on Genetic Structure of an Island Rabbit

Presenter : Ando H., Tsuda Y., Kaneko S., Kubo T.
Title : , Journal of Wildlife Mamagement (2018)
Evaluation of plant contamination in metabarcoding diet analysis of a herbivore

Presenter : Ando H., Fujii C., Kawanabe M., Ao Y., Inoue T., Takenaka A.
Title : , Scientific Reports (2018)
Wide-Ranging Movement and Foraging Strategy of the Critically Endangered Red-Headed Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina nitens ): Findings from a Remote Uninhabited Island

Presenter : Ando H., Sasaki T., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Chiba H., Yamasaki M., Isagi Y.
Title : , Pacific Science, 71(2): (2017)
Seasonal and inter-island variation in the foraging strategy of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens in disturbed island habitats derived from high-throughput sequencing

Presenter : Ando H., Setsuko S., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Umehara S., Yamasaki M., Tanya G., Inoue-Murayama M., Isagi Y.
Title : , Ibis (2016)
The applicability of DNA barcoding for dietary analysis of sika deer

Presenter : Nakahara F., Ando H., Ito H., Murakami A., Morimoto N., Yamasaki M., Takayanagi A., Isagi Y.
Title : , DNA barcodes, 3:200-206 (2015)

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Genetic and ecological conservation issues for oceanic island birds, revealed by a combination of the latest molecular techniques and conventional field work

Presenter : Ando H.
Title : , Ecological Research, 34(2):254-266 (2019)

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Research Result (Presentation)

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Research Presentation

Research Presentation
Ongoing collapse of avifauna in temperate oceanic islands close to the mainland in the Anthropocene

Presenter : Iijima D., Ando H., Inoue T., Murakami M., Ito S., Fukuda S., Sato N.
Name of Society : 第72回日本生態学会 (2025)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Contribution of daily bird movement on long-distance seed dispersal in island ecosystems

Presenter : Ando H.
Name of Society : 8th Frugivores and Seed Dispersal Symposium (2024)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Trophic ecology and ecological role of pigeons as seed dispersers-predators

Presenter : Ando H., Romero J., Marrero P., Nogales M.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2023 (2023)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Potential of inter-island seed dispersal by Japanese wood pigeon in relation to their movement pattern and fruiting phenology

Presenter : Ando H., Mori Y., Sato N.J.
Name of Society : 7th Frugivores and Seed Disersal Symposium (2020)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 23
Research Presentation
Japanese wood pigeon as a potential inter-island seed disperser in Izu island chain in Japan, indicated by its diet and seasonal movement pattern

Presenter : Ando H., Mori Y., Sato N.J.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2019 (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 132
Research Presentation
A global review of frugivory and seed dispersal on islands

Presenter : Nogales M., Mcconkey K., Carlo T., Wotton D., Bellingham P., Traveset A., Gonzalez-Castro A., Heleno R., Watanabe K., Ando H., Drake D.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2019 (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 218
Research Presentation
Measuring quantitative preferences to diet species by comparing gut contents and environments in numbers of DNA sequence reads from metabarcoding

Presenter : Kondo N., Matsuzaki S., Kadoya T., Yamaguchi H., Ando H., Nakagawa M., Ito H., Makino W., Takamura N.
Name of Society : 8th International Barcode of Life Conference 2019 (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 102-103
Research Presentation
MHC-based Mate Choice in a Nocturnal Monogamous Bird

Presenter : Sawada A., Ando H., Takagi M.
Name of Society : 27th International Ornithological Congress (2018)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Do Japanese wood pigeons disperse seeds among islands? Foraging strategy estimated by observation and molecular ecological approach

Presenter : Ando H.
Name of Society : Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC 2018) (2018)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Long-term monitoring of Lake Kasumigaura, Japan: a 40 year legacy and looking to the future

Presenter : Matsuzaki S., Komatsu K., Kohzu A., Tomioka N., Shinohara R., Shimotori K., Ueno R., Kondo N., Yamaguchi H., Kadoya T., Ando H., Nakagawa M., Totsu K., Imai A., Takamura N.
Name of Society : Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) 19 (2017)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Diet analysis of wedge-tailed shearwaters by DNA metabarcoding of feces in the Ogasawara Islands, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site

Presenter : Komura T., Ando H., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Isagi Y.
Name of Society : 6th International Albatross and Petrel Conference (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 178
Research Presentation
Diet analysis of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) using next generation sequencing

Presenter : Adenyo C., Ando H., Kayang B.B., Inoue E., Miho Inoue-Murayama.
Name of Society : 35th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 34
Research Presentation
Genetic structure of the red-headed wood pigeon Columba janthina nitens, an endangered subspecies endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Presenter : Ando H., Ogawa H., Suzuki H., Horikoshi K., Seki S., Nakahara F., Takayanagi M., Kawakami K., Isagi Y.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2016 (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 469
Research Presentation
Diet analysis using DNA barcoding from feces of the Japanese crested ibis, for the habitat management of reintroduced species

Presenter : Tanoi S., Ando H., Sekijima T.
Name of Society : The Vth International Wildlife Management Congress (2015)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts

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Ongoing collapse of avifauna in temperate oceanic islands close to the mainland in the Anthropocene

Presenter : Iijima D., Ando H., Inoue T., Murakami M., Ito S., Fukuda S., Sato N.
Name of Society : 第72回日本生態学会 (2025)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Contribution of daily bird movement on long-distance seed dispersal in island ecosystems

Presenter : Ando H.
Name of Society : 8th Frugivores and Seed Dispersal Symposium (2024)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Potential of inter-island seed dispersal by Japanese wood pigeon in relation to their movement pattern and fruiting phenology

Presenter : Ando H., Mori Y., Sato N.J.
Name of Society : 7th Frugivores and Seed Disersal Symposium (2020)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 23
A global review of frugivory and seed dispersal on islands

Presenter : Nogales M., Mcconkey K., Carlo T., Wotton D., Bellingham P., Traveset A., Gonzalez-Castro A., Heleno R., Watanabe K., Ando H., Drake D.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2019 (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 218
Do Japanese wood pigeons disperse seeds among islands? Foraging strategy estimated by observation and molecular ecological approach

Presenter : Ando H.
Name of Society : Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC 2018) (2018)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Trophic ecology and ecological role of pigeons as seed dispersers-predators

Presenter : Ando H., Romero J., Marrero P., Nogales M.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2023 (2023)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Japanese wood pigeon as a potential inter-island seed disperser in Izu island chain in Japan, indicated by its diet and seasonal movement pattern

Presenter : Ando H., Mori Y., Sato N.J.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2019 (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 132
Measuring quantitative preferences to diet species by comparing gut contents and environments in numbers of DNA sequence reads from metabarcoding

Presenter : Kondo N., Matsuzaki S., Kadoya T., Yamaguchi H., Ando H., Nakagawa M., Ito H., Makino W., Takamura N.
Name of Society : 8th International Barcode of Life Conference 2019 (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 102-103
MHC-based Mate Choice in a Nocturnal Monogamous Bird

Presenter : Sawada A., Ando H., Takagi M.
Name of Society : 27th International Ornithological Congress (2018)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Long-term monitoring of Lake Kasumigaura, Japan: a 40 year legacy and looking to the future

Presenter : Matsuzaki S., Komatsu K., Kohzu A., Tomioka N., Shinohara R., Shimotori K., Ueno R., Kondo N., Yamaguchi H., Kadoya T., Ando H., Nakagawa M., Totsu K., Imai A., Takamura N.
Name of Society : Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) 19 (2017)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Diet analysis of wedge-tailed shearwaters by DNA metabarcoding of feces in the Ogasawara Islands, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site

Presenter : Komura T., Ando H., Horikoshi K., Suzuki H., Isagi Y.
Name of Society : 6th International Albatross and Petrel Conference (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 178
Diet analysis of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) using next generation sequencing

Presenter : Adenyo C., Ando H., Kayang B.B., Inoue E., Miho Inoue-Murayama.
Name of Society : 35th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 34
Genetic structure of the red-headed wood pigeon Columba janthina nitens, an endangered subspecies endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Presenter : Ando H., Ogawa H., Suzuki H., Horikoshi K., Seki S., Nakahara F., Takayanagi M., Kawakami K., Isagi Y.
Name of Society : Island Biology 2016 (2016)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 469
Diet analysis using DNA barcoding from feces of the Japanese crested ibis, for the habitat management of reintroduced species

Presenter : Tanoi S., Ando H., Sekijima T.
Name of Society : The Vth International Wildlife Management Congress (2015)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts

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