Mamoru Takata

This study shows that parental care in burying beetles modifies carcass environments to enhance larval survival and reduce competition, promoting offspring dependence on parental modifications.

The paper shows that uric acid accumulation in termite workers increases their susceptibility to infectious diseases by reducing reactive oxygen species levels, linking colony health to individual antioxidant balance.

The paper describes field observations of male-male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach Panesthia angustipennis, revealing strategies for female protection and insights into evolutionary social behavior.