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Yuji Isagi

Yuji Isagi

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6262
World Ranking
6126
National Ranking
34

Overview

Yuji Isagi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and environmental science. These areas of study form the foundation for their work on genetics, molecular biology, ecology, and plant science.

The main topics of Yuji Isagi's research include genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, plant diversity and evolution, plant and fungal species descriptions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Frequent publication venues for Isagi's research consist of Scientific Reports, Conservation Genetics, Plant Species Biology, Genes & Genetic Systems, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Their research network includes collaborators who have frequently co-authored papers with Isagi, such as Yoshihisa Suyama, Shota Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Setoguchi, Atsushi J. Nagano, and Ayumi Matsuo.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yuji Isagi demonstrate a focus on ecological and genetic research:

  • Methodological trends and perspectives of animal dietary studies by noninvasive fecal DNA metabarcoding, 2020, Environmental DNA
  • Genomic insights on the contribution of balancing selection and local adaptation to the long-term survival of a widespread living fossil tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, 2020, New Phytologist
  • The genome of Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae) highlights the ecological relevance of drought in aseasonal tropical rainforests, 2021, Communications Biology
  • DNA meta-barcoding revealed that sika deer foraging strategies vary with season in a forest with degraded understory vegetation, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Detection of Endangered Aquatic Plants in Rapid Streams Using Environmental DNA, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Yuji Isagi's research integrates genetics, genomic technologies, and ecological principles to explore biodiversity, species survival, and environmental interactions. The use of environmental DNA metabarcoding and genomic approaches reflects their interest in modern methodologies for studying biodiversity and population dynamics in both plant and animal species.

Best Publications

  • How does masting happen and synchronize

    Y. Isagi;K. Sugimura;A. Sumida;H. Ito

  • Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics

    David M.J.S. Bowman;G.K. Brown;G.K. Brown;Michael Braby;J.R. Brown

  • Net production and carbon cycling in a bamboo Phyllostachys pubescens stand

    Y. Isagi;T. Kawahara;K. Kamo;H. Ito

  • Methodological trends and perspectives of animal dietary studies by noninvasive fecal DNA metabarcoding

    Haruko Ando;Haruka Mukai;Taketo Komura;Tungga Dewi

  • Climate oscillation during the Quaternary associated with landscape heterogeneity promoted allopatric lineage divergence of a temperate tree Kalopanax septemlobus (Araliaceae) in East Asia.

    Shota Sakaguchi;Ying-Xiong Qiu;Yi-Hui Liu;Xin-Shuai Qi

  • Range Expansion and Its Mechanisms in a Naturalized Bamboo Species, Phyllostachys pubescens, in Japan

    Yuji Isagi;Atsushi Torii

  • PCR primers amplifying microsatellite loci of Quercus myrsinifolia Blume and their conservation between oak species

    Y. Isagi;S. Suhandono

  • The determination of multiple microsatellite genotypes and DNA sequences from a single pollen grain: TECHNICAL ARTICLE

    Yu Matsuki;Y. Isagi;Y. Suyama

  • Microsatellite analysis of the regeneration process of Magnolia obovata Thunb.

    Yuji Isagi;Tatsuo Kanazashi;Wajirou Suzuki;Hiroshi Tanaka

  • Seasonal changes in pollinator activity influence pollen dispersal and seed production of the alpine shrub Rhododendron aureum (Ericaceae).

    A. S. Hirao;Y. Kameyama;M. Ohara;Y. Isagi

  • Clonal structure and flowering traits of a bamboo [Phyllostachys pubescens (Mazel) Ohwi] stand grown from a simultaneous flowering as revealed by AFLP analysis

    Y. Isagi;K. Shimada;H. Kushima;N. Tanaka

  • Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus.

    E. Kitahara;Y. Isagi;Y. Ishibashi;T. Saitoh

  • High-throughput linkage mapping of Australian white cypress pine ( Callitris glaucophylla ) and map transferability to related species

    Shota Sakaguchi;Shota Sakaguchi;Takeshi Sugino;Yoshihiko Tsumura;Motomi Ito

  • Biomass and net production in a bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides stand

    Yuji Isagi;Teruhiko Kawahara;Kouichi Kamo

  • Pollination efficiencies of flower-visiting insects as determined by direct genetic analysis of pollen origin

    Yu Matsuki;Ryunosuke Tateno;Mitsue Shibata;Yuji Isagi

  • Diet analysis by next-generation sequencing indicates the frequent consumption of introduced plants by the critically endangered red-headed wood pigeon (Columba janthina nitens) in oceanic island habitats

    Haruko Ando;Suzuki Setsuko;Kazuo Horikoshi;Hajime Suzuki

  • Variation in pollen dispersal between years with different pollination conditions in a tropical emergent tree.

    T. Kenta;Y. Isagi;M. Nakagawa;M. Yamashita

  • Effect of gene flow on spatial genetic structure in the riparian canopy tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum revealed by microsatellite analysis

    T Sato;Y Isagi;H Sakio;K Osumi

  • Responses of Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk. and Cyperus kyllingia Endl. to varying soil water availability

    Azrianingsih Rodiyati;Azrianingsih Rodiyati;Endang Arisoesilaningsih;Yuji Isagi;Nobukazu Nakagoshi

  • Livistona palms in Australia: ancient relics or opportunistic immigrants?

    Michael Crisp;Yuji Isagi;Yohei Kato;Lynette Gai Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobukazu Nakagoshi
Nobukazu Nakagoshi Hiroshima University
Yoshihisa Suyama
Yoshihisa Suyama Tohoku University
David M. J. S. Bowman
David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania
Yoshihiko Tsumura
Yoshihiko Tsumura University of Tsukuba
Michael D. Crisp
Michael D. Crisp Australian National University
Kentaro Shimizu
Kentaro Shimizu University of Zurich
Takayuki Ohgushi
Takayuki Ohgushi Kyoto University
Ryunosuke Tateno
Ryunosuke Tateno Kyoto University
Kanehiro Kitayama
Kanehiro Kitayama Kyoto University
Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Flinders University

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