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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Productivity in a Fluctuating Environment: The Insurance Hypothesis by Yachi, Shigeo, Loreau, Michel

“…Although the effect of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning has become a major focus in ecology, its significance in a fluctuating environment is still poorly…”
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Impact of fertilizer on a small watershed of Lake Biwa: Use of sulfur and strontium isotopes in environmental diagnosis by Hosono, Takahiro, Nakano, Takanori, Igeta, Akitake, Tayasu, Ichiro, Tanaka, Takuya, Yachi, Shigeo

“…Sulfur and strontium isotopes ( δ 34S and 87Sr/ 86Sr) were determined in 39 river water samples collected over three different cultivation periods (April, May,…”
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Effect of agriculture on water quality of Lake Biwa tributaries, Japan by Nakano, Takanori, Tayasu, Ichiro, Yamada, Yoshihiro, Hosono, Takahiro, Igeta, Akitake, Hyodo, Fujio, Ando, Atsushi, Saitoh, Yu, Tanaka, Takuya, Wada, Eitaro, Yachi, Shigeo

“…We investigated the effects of natural environments and human activity on Lake Biwa, central Japan. We determined the concentrations of 19 elements and the…”
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FORUM: Sustaining ecosystem functions in a changing world: a call for an integrated approach by Tomimatsu, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Takehiro, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Bridle, Jon R., Fontaine, Colin, Kitano, Jun, Stouffer, Daniel B., Vellend, Mark, Bezemer, T. Martijn, Fukami, Tadashi, Hadly, Elizabeth A., Heijden, Marcel G.A., Kawata, Masakado, Kéfi, Sonia, Kraft, Nathan J.B., McCann, Kevin S., Mumby, Peter J., Nakashizuka, Tohru, Petchey, Owen L., Romanuk, Tamara N., Suding, Katharine N., Takimoto, Gaku, Urabe, Jotaro, Yachi, Shigeo, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf

“…Summary With ever‐increasing human pressure on ecosystems, it is critically important to predict how ecosystem functions will respond to such human‐induced…”
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Does complementary resource use enhance ecosystem functioning? A model of light competition in plant communities by Yachi, Shigeo, Loreau, Michel

“…Recent experiments on grassland ecosystems have shown that biodiversity can enhance ecosystem processes such as plant biomass production. Functional…”
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How can Honest Signalling Evolve? The Role of Handicap Principle by Yachi, Shigeo

“…Handicap principle is now widely accepted as a mechanism for maintaining honest signalling. However, little attention has been paid to how honest signalling…”
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An ecosystem organization model explaining diversity at an ecosystem level: Coevolution of primary producer and decomposer by Yamamura, Norio, Yachi, Shigeo, Higashi, Masahiko

“…Ecological complexity of species interactions and habitat heterogeneity creates and maintains biodiversity at a trophic level in an ecosystem. This…”
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Modeling associative learning with generalization for a case of warning signals by Higashi, Shigeo Yachi and Masahiko

“…Animals’ associative learning plays a crucial role in many intraspecific or interspecific interactions, involving an animal’s use of information on its…”
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Light partitioning in experimental grass communities by Vojtech, Eva, Loreau, Michel, Yachi, Shigeo, Spehn, Eva M., Hector, Andy

“…Through complementary use of canopy space in mixtures, aboveground niche separation has the potential to promote species coexistence and increase productivity…”
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LETTER: Does complementary resource use enhance ecosystem functioning? A model of light competition in plant communities by Yachi, Shigeo, Loreau, Michel

“…Recent experiments on grassland ecosystems have shown that biodiversity can enhance ecosystem processes such as plant biomass production. Functional…”
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Sustaining ecosystem functions in a changing world: a call for an integrated approach by Tomimatsu, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Takehiro, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Bridle, Jon R., Fontaine, Colin, Kitano, Jun, Stouffer, Daniel B., Vellend, Mark, Bezemer, T. Martijn, Fukami, Tadashi, Hadly, Elizabeth A., van der Heijden, Marcel G.A., Kawata, Masakado, Kéfi, Sonia, Kraft, Nathan J.B., McCann, Kevin S., Mumby, Peter J., Nakashizuka, Tohru, Petchey, Owen L., Romanuk, Tamara N., Suding, Katharine N., Takimoto, Gaku, Urabe, Jotaro, Yachi, Shigeo

“…1. With ever-increasing human pressure on ecosystems, it is critically important to predict how ecosystem functions will respond to such human-induced…”
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The evolution of warning signals by Higashi, Masahiko, Yachi, Shigeo

“…Warning coloration signals are a familiar and conspicuous phenomenon in nature. However, the fundamental question of how warning signals initially evolved…”
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Light Partitioning in Experimental Grass Communities by Vojtech, Eva, Loreau, Michel, Yachi, Shigeo, Spehn, Eva M., Hector, Andy

“…Through complementary use of canopy space in mixtures, aboveground niche separation has the potential to promote species coexistence and increase productivity…”
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What determines the attack distance of a stalking predator? by Yachi, S

“…Stalking predation has been identified in many different taxa of animals. Although previous studies have identified environmental conditions that affect…”
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