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Ecology and Evolution
Japan
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
9715
World Ranking
2006
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yasuhiko Naito is affiliated with the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to earth and planetary sciences. The main subfields of their work include ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, and oceanography.

The scientist's work broadly covers marine animal studies, cephalopods and marine biology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and fisheries research, ichthyology and marine biology, and underwater acoustics research.

Yasuhiko Naito has published multiple papers in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include Science Advances, Journal of Experimental Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Conservation Physiology.

  • Acceleration-triggered animal-borne videos show a dominance of fish in the diet of female northern elephant seals (2020, Journal of Experimental Biology)
  • Lightscapes of fear: How mesopredators balance starvation and predation in the open ocean (2021, Science Advances)
  • Forced into an ecological corner: Round-the-clock deep foraging on small prey by elephant seals (2021, Science Advances)
  • Whiskers as hydrodynamic prey sensors in foraging seals (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Seasonal resource pulses and the foraging depth of a Southern Ocean top predator (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Their frequent co-authors include Taiki Adachi, Akinori Takahashi, Daniel P. Costa, Patrick W. Robinson, and Rachel R. Holser. This collaboration network indicates an interdisciplinary approach to marine and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Factors affecting stroking patterns and body angle in diving Weddell seals under natural conditions

    Katsufumi Sato;Katsufumi Sato;Yoko Mitani;Michael F. Cameron;Michael F. Cameron;Donald B. Siniff

  • A new technique for monitoring the behaviour of free-ranging Adélie penguins.

    K. Yoda;Y. Naito;K. Sato;A. Takahashi

  • Buoyancy and maximal diving depth in penguins: do they control inhaling air volume?

    Katsufumi Sato;Y. Naito;A. Kato;Y. Niizuma

  • Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

    Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi;Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • A new technique for monitoring the detailed behaviour of terrestrial animals: A case study with the domestic cat

    Shinichi Watanabe;Masako Izawa;Akiko Kato;Yan Ropert-Coudert

  • Swimming speeds and buoyancy compensation of migrating adult chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta revealed by speed/depth/acceleration data logger.

    Hideji Tanaka;Yasuaki Takagi;Yasuhiko Naito

  • Prolonged, continuous, deep diving by northern elephant seals

    Burney J. Le Boeuf;Yasuhiko Naito;Anthony C. Huntley;Tomohiro Asaga

  • Precise monitoring of porpoising behaviour of Adélie penguins determined using acceleration data loggers.

    K Yoda;K Sato;Y Niizuma;M Kurita

  • A fine-scale time budget of Cape gannets provides insights into the foraging strategies of coastal seabirds

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;David Grémillet;Akiko Kato;Peter G. Ryan

  • Stroke and glide of wing-propelled divers: deep diving seabirds adjust surge frequency to buoyancy change with depth

    Yutaka Watanuki;Yasuaki Niizuma;Geir Wing Gabrielsen;Katsufumi Sato

  • Unravelling the mysteries of a mesopelagic diet: a large apex predator specializes on small prey

    Yasuhiko Naito;Daniel P. Costa;Taiki Adachi;Patrick W. Robinson

  • Swim speed in a female northern elephant seal: metabolic and foraging implications

    Burney J. Le Boeuf;Yasuhiko Naito;Tomohiro Asaga;Daniel Crocker

  • Biosonar behaviour of free-ranging porpoises

    Tomonari Akamatsu;Ding Wang;Kexiong Wang;Yasuhiko Naito

  • Behavioural thermoregulation of chum salmon during homing migration in coastal waters.

    Hideji Tanaka;Yasuaki Takagi;Yasuhiko Naito

  • Large-scale climatic anomalies affect marine predator foraging behaviour and demography

    Charles-André Bost;Cédric Cotté;Pascal Terray;Christophe Barbraud

  • Comparison of echolocation behaviour between coastal and riverine porpoises

    T. Akamatsu;J. Teilmann;L.A. Miller;J. Tougaard

  • Between air and water: the plunge dive of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;David Grémillet;Peter Ryan;Akiko Kato

  • Diving patterns and performance in the Antarctic blue-eyed shag Phalacrocorax atriceps

    J. P. Croxall;Y. Naito;A. Kato;P. Rothery

  • Three-dimensional Resting Behaviour of Northern Elephant Seals: Drifting Like a Falling Leaf

    Yoko Mitani;Yoko Mitani;Yoko Mitani;Russel D. Andrews;Katsufumi Sato;Katsufumi Sato;Akiko Kato

  • Maintenance of neutral buoyancy by depth selection in the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta.

    S. Minamikawa;Y. Naito;K. Sato;Y. Matsuzawa

  • Huddling behavior in emperor penguins: Dynamics of huddling.

    Caroline Gilbert;Graham Robertson;Yvon Le Maho;Yasuhiko Naito

Frequent Co-Authors

Akiko Kato
Akiko Kato University of La Rochelle
Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research
Yutaka Watanuki
Yutaka Watanuki Hokkaido University
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
Yuuki Y. Watanabe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Nobuyuki Miyazaki
Nobuyuki Miyazaki University of Tokyo
Yvon Le Maho
Yvon Le Maho Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Charles-André Bost
Charles-André Bost University of La Rochelle
Burney J. Le Boeuf
Burney J. Le Boeuf University of California, Santa Cruz

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