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Ichiro Tayasu publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ichiro Tayasu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 252 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Ichiro Tayasu D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ichiro Tayasu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ichiro Tayasu is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, focusing their research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly contributions explore diverse subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in Tayasu's research encompass Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Plant and Animal Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Marine Animal Studies Overview.

They have published multiple papers in a range of scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Trust me? Consumer trust in expert information on food product labels (2020) in Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • Some mycoheterotrophic orchids depend on carbon from dead wood: novel evidence from a radiocarbon approach (2020) in New Phytologist
  • Tracking long-distance migration of marine fishes using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids (2020) in Ecology Letters
  • Novel mycorrhizal cheating in a green orchid: Cremastra appendiculata depends on carbon from deadwood through fungal associations (2021) in New Phytologist
  • Specialized mycorrhizal association between a partially mycoheterotrophic orchid Oreorchis indica and a Tomentella taxon (2020) in Mycorrhiza

Tayasu frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Key coauthors include Chikage Yoshimizu, Kenji Suetsugu, Jun Matsubayashi, Takashi Haraguchi, and Takuya Ishida.

Their work appears regularly in certain journals, particularly:

  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecosphere
  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Mycorrhiza

The research of Ichiro Tayasu revolves around using isotope analysis methods in ecological and environmental studies. Their studies address plant-fungal interactions in orchids, migratory behavior in marine fishes, and broader ecological and environmental dynamics. The investigations include insights into carbon transfer in mycoheterotrophic orchids and the application of stable isotopes to track ecological processes.

Best Publications

  • Advances in the application of amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis in ecological and biogeochemical studies

    Naohiko Ohkouchi;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Hilary G. Close;Brian Fry

  • Feeding groups, lifetypes and the global ecology of termites

    Paul Eggleton;Ichiro Tayasu

  • Sources of nitrate and ammonium contamination in groundwater under developing Asian megacities

    Yu Umezawa;Takahiro Hosono;Shin ichi Onodera;Fernando Siringan

  • New organic reference materials for carbon- and nitrogen-stable isotope ratio measurements provided by Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, and Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Ichiro Tayasu;Riyo Hirasawa;Nanako O. Ogawa;Naohiko Ohkouchi

  • Nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios in termites: an indicator of trophic habit along the gradient from wood-feeding to soil-feeding

    I. Tayasu;T. Abe;P. Eggleton;D. E. Bignell

  • Differential role of symbiotic fungi in lignin degradation and food provision for fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae: Isoptera)

    F. Hyodo;I. Tayasu;T. Inoue;J.‐I. Azuma

  • Role of the mutualistic fungus in lignin degradation in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes gilvus (Isoptera; Macrotermitinae).

    F Hyodo;T Inoue;J.-I Azuma;I Tayasu

  • Xylophagous termites depending on atmospheric nitrogen

    I. Täyasu;A. Sugimoto;E. Wada;T. Abe

  • Multiple isotope (H, O, N, S and Sr) approach elucidates complex pollution causes in the shallow groundwaters of the Taipei urban area

    Takahiro Hosono;Chung Ho Wang;Yu Umezawa;Takanori Nakano

  • Impact of fertilizer on a small watershed of Lake Biwa: use of sulfur and strontium isotopes in environmental diagnosis.

    Takahiro Hosono;Takanori Nakano;Akitake Igeta;Ichiro Tayasu

  • Are stored carbohydrates necessary for seed production in temperate deciduous trees

    Tomoaki Ichie;Shuichi Igarashi;Shohei Yoshida;Tanaka Kenzo

  • Methane and hydrogen production in a termite-symbiont system

    Atsuko Sugimoto;Tetsushi Inoue;Ichiro Tayasu;Leigh Miller

  • Soil-Feeding Termites: Biology, Microbial Associations and Digestive Mechanisms

    Alain Brauman;David E. Bignell;Ichiro Tayasu

  • Effect of agriculture on water quality of Lake Biwa tributaries, Japan

    Takanori Nakano;Ichiro Tayasu;Yoshihiro Yamada;Takahiro Hosono

  • Use of carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in termite research

    Ichiro Tayasu

  • Spatial distribution of nitrate sources of rivers in the Lake Biwa watershed, Japan: Controlling factors revealed by nitrogen and oxygen isotope values

    Nobuhito Ohte;Nobuhito Ohte;Ichiro Tayasu;Ayato Kohzu;Ayato Kohzu;Chikage Yoshimizu

  • Mountain-climbing bears protect cherry species from global warming through vertical seed dispersal.

    Shoji Naoe;Ichiro Tayasu;Yoichiro Sakai;Takashi Masaki

  • Erratum to “Sources of nitrate and ammonium contamination in groundwater under developing Asian megacities”

    Yu Umezawa;Takahiro Hosono;Shin ichi Onodera;Fernando Siringan

  • Collagen turnover and isotopic records in cortical bone

    Jun Matsubayashi;Ichiro Tayasu

  • Gradual enrichment of 15N with humification of diets in a below-ground food web: relationship between 15N and diet age determined using 14C

    F. Hyodo;I. Tayasu;S. Konate;J. E. Tondoh

  • Confirmation of soil‐feeding termites (Isoptera; Termitidae; Termitinae) in Australia using stable isotope ratios

    I. Tayasu;T. Inoue;L. R. Miller;A. Sugimoto

  • Carbon autonomy of reproductive shoots of Siberian alder (Alnus hirsuta var. sibirica)

    Shigeaki Hasegawa;Shigeaki Hasegawa;Keisuke Koba;Ichiro Tayasu;Hiroshi Takeda

  • Major decline in marine and terrestrial animal consumption by brown bears (Ursus arctos).

    Jun Matsubayashi;Jun Matsubayashi;Junko O. Morimoto;Ichiro Tayasu;Tsutomu Mano

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshi Nagata
Toshi Nagata University of Tokyo
Nobuhito Ohte
Nobuhito Ohte Kyoto University
Makoto Taniguchi
Makoto Taniguchi Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Keisuke Koba
Keisuke Koba Kyoto University
Takahiro Hosono
Takahiro Hosono Kumamoto University
Yasuyuki Shibata
Yasuyuki Shibata Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Masao Uchida
Masao Uchida National Institute for Environmental Studies
Yoshito Chikaraishi
Yoshito Chikaraishi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Nanako O. Ogawa
Nanako O. Ogawa Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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