Laboratory of Animal Ecology – School of Agriculture / Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources

Research Theme

Current research activities

Eco-evolutionary biology of wild animals; Adaptive mechanisms of living organisms to their living environments; Experimental and theoretical population genetics; Animal ecology (genetics, behavior and morphology); Rapid evolution under artificial environments; Wild animal conservation.

Members

Professor

ARAKI Hitoshi

Degree	D. Sci.
Specialty	Eco-Evolutionary Biology, Population Genetics
Charge (US)	Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources \| Animal Ecology
Charge (GS)	Division of Agriculture \| Frontiers in Environmental Sciences \| Unit of Ecology and Systematics
Research Theme	Eco-evolutionary biology of wild animals; Population genetics; Adaptive evolution of fishes; wildlife conservation

Associate Professor

HASEGAWA Eisuke

Degree	D. Sci.
Specialty	Animal Ecology・Evolutionary Biology
Charge (US)	Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources \| Animal Ecology
Charge (GS)	Division of Agriculture \| Frontiers in Environmental Sciences \| Unit of Ecology and Systematics
Research Theme	Evolutionary Biology of Animals, Collective decision-makings of grouping animals, Evolution of eusociality, Community Ecology, Evolution of Community.

Assistant Professor

SAKATA Masayuki

Degree	D.Sc.
Specialty	Animal Ecology
Charge (US)	Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources \| Animal Ecology
Charge (GS)	Division of Agriculture \| Frontiers in Environmental Sciences \| Unit of Ecology and Systematics
Research Theme	Past reconstruction using environmental DNA in lake sediments, Research on environmental DNA