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Kishida Lab
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The lab explores predator–prey relationships and survival strategies of amphibians and fish.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding the lives of the animals around us
The Kishida Lab is an animal ecology lab that studies predator–prey relationships and life history strategies of animals, mainly in the research forests of Hokkaido University.
Ponds dug in the research forest make large-scale manipulative field experiments possible, and students develop their own research themes.
The lab is based mainly at the Wakayama Research Forest in Kozagawa Town, Wakayama Prefecture.
Graduate students basically live in Kozagawa Town, but depending on their research theme, they can also be based at a research forest in Hokkaido, such as the Tomakomai Research Forest.
Key terms
- Life history strategy
- The differences in how organisms live out their lives, such as when they grow, when they move, and when they reproduce, and what those differences mean
- Domestic invasive species
- Organisms brought from another region within the same country that have become established in a place where they did not originally occur
- PIT tag
- A small electronic marker attached to the body. A reader can identify and record each animal individually
NewsLab news
Environmental conditions determining the distribution of Japanese eels at their northern range limit identified; paper accepted by PNAS Nexus
Cryptic coloration of the freshwater isopod Asellus hilgendorfii confirmed to change with nutritional state; reported in Oikos with a Swiss research team
Two papers on the seaward migration tactics of masu salmon published
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's research spans population ecology, evolutionary ecology, and community ecology, focusing on animal predation and prey responses and on life history strategies. Hypotheses are tested through field and laboratory experiments, including manipulative experiments in ponds dug in the research forest.
*Illustrative imagePredator–prey relationships among amphibian larvae
Using larvae of the Hokkaido salamander (Hynobius retardatus) and the Ezo brown frog (Rana pirica), the lab studies life history strategies, how predator–prey interactions work, and the factors that alter them.
*Illustrative imageImpact of the domestic invasive Japanese common toad
The lab investigates the ecology of the Japanese common toad (Bufo japonicus formosus), which was brought from Honshu to Hokkaido and is expanding its range, and its actual impact on native species.
*Illustrative imageTracking thousands of fish one by one
PIT tags are attached to thousands of fish living along a 5 km stretch of river, and the life history and behavior of each individual are studied. The research aims to understand strategies that combine behavior and life history.
*Illustrative imageEcology of rare freshwater animals
The research also extends to the ecology of rare animals, including the basic ecology of the Siberian salamander in the Kushiro Wetland, the Japanese giant salamander (a Special Natural Monument of Japan), and the Japanese eel in Hokkaido.
MembersFaculty
The Kishida Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2025
- ProfessorOsamu Kishida
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Hynobius retardatus” WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Predator–prey relationships among amphibian larvae: “Hynobius retardatus” Hawkmoth / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Impact of the domestic invasive Japanese common toad: “Bufo japonicus formosus 01” Σ64 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Tracking thousands of fish one by one: “Oncorhynchus masou 01” Σ64 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Ecology of rare freshwater animals: “Japanese giant salamander in Tottori Prefecture, Japan” Salamandra2021 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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