Tadashi Fukami

The paper shows that bacterial diversity peaks at an intermediate dispersal rate mediated by landscape characteristics in flower-visiting insect vectors.

The paper shows heatwaves increase the impact of arrival history on yeast-bacterium interactions in nectar, altering nectar acidity and affecting hummingbird preference.

The paper shows that transient bacterial species can increase resident yeast population sizes by altering local productivity and regional connectivity in a metapopulation model.

The paper investigates priority effects between fungi and nematodes in insect larvae, finding that fungi arrive first and exclude nematodes, with a bacterium mediating this exclusion.

The paper investigates how dispersal kernels affect metacommunity diversity by simulating their impact on environmental, biotic, and stochastic factors.

This study shows that bacteria in honeybee crops are distinct from those in nectar and mouths, challenging the assumption that crops are transient and environmentally influenced.

The paper shows that priority effects strongly influence the assembly and function of a microbial symbiosis in sea urchin cardinalfish.

The paper shows dispersal-community feedback promotes regional species coexistence by linking microbe-pollinator interactions to plant-scale competition and spatial partitioning.

The paper investigates how priority effects influence gene expression in nectar yeast, finding differential expression in amino acid metabolism and eQTL enrichment for antifungal resistance.

The paper shows that ecological systems develop in a sequenced order from fast-to slow-growing taxa due to environmental resistance minimization, supported by theoretical and empirical evidence.