Areas of Interest
Behavioural Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
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Research Interests
Parental investment and life history evolution in arthropods.
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Current Research
Trophic-egg production in cydnid bugs, paternal investment in millipedes.
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Education and Degrees
B.A., Iwate University, 1984
M.A., Iwate University, 1986
Ph.D., Hokkaido University, 1994
Thesis: "Comparative ecology of parental care in acanthosomatid bugs." (in Japanese)
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Selected Bibliography
Koshio, C., M. Muraji, H. Tatsuta & S. Kudo 2007.
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Sexual selection in a moth: effect of symmetry on male mating success in the wild. Behavioral Ecology, 18 (3): 571-578.
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Kudo, S. 2006.
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Within-clutch egg-size variation in a subsocial bug: the positional effect hypothesis. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84 (11): 1540-1544. PDF
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Kudo, S. , T. Nakahira & Y. Saito 2006.
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Morphology of trophic eggs and ovarian dynamics in the subsocial bug Adomerus triguttulus (Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84 (5): 723-728. PDF
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Kudo, S. & T. Nakahira 2005.
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Trophic-egg production in a subsocial bug: adaptive plasticity in response to resource conditions. Oikos, 111 (3):459-464. PDF
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Kudo, S. & T. Nakahira 2004.
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Effects of trophic-eggs on offspring performance and rivalry in a subsocial bug. Oikos, 107 (1): 28-35. PDF
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Kudo, S. & E. Hasegawa 2004.
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Diversified reproductive strategies in Gonioctena (Chrysomelinae) leaf beetles. In: P. H. Jolivet, J. A. Santiago-Blay and M. Schmitt (eds.) New Developments in the Biology of Chrysomelidae, pp. 727-738. SPB Academic Publishing bv, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Kudo, S. 2002.
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Phenotypic selection and function of reproductive behavior in the subsocial bug Elasmucha putoni (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Behavioral Ecology, 13: 742-749
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Kudo, S. 2001.
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Intraclutch egg-size variation in acanthosomatid bugs: adaptive allocation of maternal investment ? Oikos, 92: 208-214
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Dep. of Biology
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