| Original papers |
| 1. | Hirota T, Obara Y (2000) Time allocation to the reproductive and feeding behaviors in the male cabbage butterfly. Zoological Science 17(3): 323-327.
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| 2. | Hirota T, Obara Y (2000) The influence of the air temperature and sunlight intensity on mate-locating behavior in Pieris rapae crucivora. Zoological Science 17(8): 1081-1087.
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| 3. | Hirota T, Hamano K, Obara Y (2001) The influence of female post-emergence behavior on the time schedule of male mate-locating in Pieris rapae crucivora. Zoological Science 18(4): 475-482.
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| 4. | Hirota T, Kato Y (2001) Influence of visual stimuli on the host location in the butterfly, Eurema hecabe. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 101(2): 199-206.
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| 5. | Hirota T, Obara Y, Influence of mating history on the mate locating behavior of male cabbage butterfly. Transaction of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, in press.
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| Translation |
| Carter D (1992) Butterflies and moths, Dorling Kindersley, London. Translated into Japanese by Kato Y, Hiroki M, Hirota T in 1996. |
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| Presentaion |
| International Conferences
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| 1. | Hirota T, Kato Y (1995) The role of visual stimuli in ovipositing behavior of Eurema hecabe. International Ethological Conference, 24, Honolulu.
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| 2. | Hirota T, Obara Y (1997) Individual variance in female searching behaviour of cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora. International Ethological Conference, 25, Vienna.
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| 3. | Obara Y, Hirota T, Satoh T, Takiguchi Y, Yamazaki J (1997) UV colour change and the search for females by male butterflies, Pieris rapae. International Ethological Conference, 25, Vienna.
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| Japanese Conferences
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| 1. | Hirota T, Satoh T, Obara Y (1995) Female-searching behavior of male Pieris rapae crucivora. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 14, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo. |
| 2. | Hirota T, Hamano K, Satoh T, Obara Y (1996) Individual variation of male female-searching behavior in Pieris rapae crucivora. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 15, The University of Tokyo. |
| 3. | Hirota T, Obara Y (1997) Why do older males search for females more earnestly?. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 16, Kyoto University. |
| 4. | Hirota T, Obara Y (1998) Mate rather than flower: Association between reproductive behavior and foraging behavior. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 17, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology. |
| 5. | Satoh T, Hirota T, Obara Y, Ohwaki M (1999) Genetic diversity of butterlfies around Tama River. Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan, 46, Shinshu University.
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| 6. | Hirota T, Itakura M, Obara Y (2000) Which does thermoregulation or female availability have stronger infulences on male mate-locating schedule?. Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan, 47, Hiroshima University.
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| 7. | Sanada S, Yokoyama M, Hirota T, Hasegawa E, Tsuji K, Satoh T, Obara Y (2000) Neighbour-hate in the ant Pristomyrmex pungens: I. Hostility and distance among nests. Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan, 47, Hiroshima University.
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| 8. | Hirota T, Itakura M, Obara Y (2000) Association between the genotype of glycoltic enzymes and the behavioral variance in Pieris rapae crucivora, Annual Meeting of he Zoological Society of Japan, 71, The University of Tokyo.
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| 9. | Satoh T, Hirota T (2000) Evolutionarily stable relationship between host ant species and double-strand RNA parasitizing in the cytoplasm. Meeting of Society of Evolutionary Studies, 2, The University of Tokyo.
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| 10. | Hirota T, Itakura M, Obara Y (2000) Ideal free distribution among asymmetry competitors: Example in Pieris rapae crucivora. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 19, The University of Shiga Prefecture. |
| 11. | Satoh T, Hirota T (2000) Hostility among nests in Camponotus yamaokai. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 19, The University of Shiga Prefecture. |
| 12. | Masuya A, Hirota T, Hasegawa M (2000) Jumping ability of Japanese frogs and toads. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 19, The University of Shiga Prefecture. |
| 13. | Sanada S, Yokoyama M, Hirota T, Hasegawa E, Tsuji K, Satoh T, Obara Y (2000) Hostility and genetic relatedness among colnies of the ant Pristomyrmex pungens. Meeting of Japan Ethological Society, 19, The University of Shiga Prefecture. |
| 14. | Hirota T, Obara Y (2001) Do the recently mated males who can not transfer a large spermatophore reduce their mating efforts? Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan, 48, Prefectural University of Kumamoto. |
| 15. | Hirota T, Kato Y (2002) Ovipositing behavior of Eurema hecabe: The role of visual stimuli in host-location. Meeting of Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 12, Tokyo University of Agriculture. |
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