Munehiro Kitazawa

This study examines how 70 years of habitat changes affected Spoon-billed Sandpiper populations in Japan, finding that natural habitat loss had a stronger negative impact than artificial wetland expansion.

This study assesses whether coastal plantation forests can substitute for natural coastal forests in supporting bird and plant species, finding comparable bird richness but lower plant richness and altered zonation patterns.

The paper investigates gene flow between island and continental populations of Swinhoe's Rail, finding asymmetric gene flow from island to continental populations and a role for islands as genetic reservoirs.