Basic Information

Professional Memberships

• Japan Society for Madagascar Studies
• JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
• PRIMATE SOCIETY OF JAPAN
• THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
• JAPAN SOCIETY OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY
• International Primatological Society
• Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation

Academic Degree

• 博士（地域研究）(京都大学)

High School

• High School

  郡山高等学校

Research History

• From Apr. 2020, To Present

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Associate Professor
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2020

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2016

  Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, JSPS Research Fellow (PD)

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  201601000727631430

• Researcher number

  90625302

• External link

  https://jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/eng/enmember/h-sato.html

Website(s) (URL(s))

• https://www.africa.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/sato-hiroki/

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/hiroki_sato_kyoto_u

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  Seed dispersal by animals and forest regeneration in Madagascar

• Overview of the research

  The island of Madagascar has been geographically isolated since the Mesozoic and the biota has a unique structure as compared to other tropical forests. I have studied the ecology of lemurs in a tropical dry forest in northwestern Madagascar. My research has focused on key roles of frugivorous lemurs as the largest seed dispersers in Madagascan forests. At present, I examine plant-animal interactions via seed dispersal by analyzing relationships among animal behavior, animal ecology, life histories of plants, and forest regeneration.

Research Interests

• Madagascar
• Lemurs
• Cathemerality
• Forest regeneration
• Seed dispersal
• Primatology
• Tropical ecology

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Forest science
• Life sciences, Physical anthropology, Primatology
• Life sciences, Ecology and environmental science, Ecology

Papers

• Abiotic Factors Affecting the Cathemeral Activity of Eulemur fulvus in the Dry Deciduous Forest of North-Western Madagascar

  Patrick Tojotanjona Razanaparany; Hiroki Sato

  Folia Primatologica, 10 Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Last author

  
• The ghost fruits of Madagascar: Identifying dysfunctional seed dispersal in Madagascar's endemic flora

  Aurélie Albert-Daviaud; Sven Buerki; Guy E. Onjalalaina; Sarah Perillo; Romer Rabarijaona; Onja H. Razafindratsima; Hiroki Sato; Kim Valenta; Patricia C. Wright; Wolfgang Stuppy

  Biological Conservation, Feb. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Advances and Frontiers in Primate Seed Dispersal

  Onja H. Razafindratsima; Hiroki Sato; Yamato Tsuji; Laurence Culot

  International Journal of Primatology, 26 Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Predictions of seed shadows generated by common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) and their relationship to seasonal behavioral strategies

  Hiroki Sato

  International Journal of Primatology, Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Lemur active in day and night: Investigation into phylogenetic origin, proximate mechanism, and adaptive significance of cathemerality

  Hiroki Sato

  Primate Research, Jul. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Dietary Flexibility and Feeding Strategies of Eulemur: A Comparison with Propithecus

  Hiroki Sato; Luca Santini; Erik R. Patel; Marco Campera; Nayuta Yamashita; Ian C. Colquhoun; Giuseppe Donati

  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, Feb. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Lifespan and Reproductive Senescence in a Free-Ranging Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population at Berenty, Madagascar

  Shinichiro Ichino; Takayo Soma; Naomi Miyamoto; Kaoru Chatani; Hiroki Sato; Naoki Koyama; Yukio Takahata

  Folia Primatologica, 19 May 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Lifespan and Reproductive Senescence in a Free-Ranging Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population at Berenty, Madagascar

  Shinichiro Ichino; Takayo Soma; Naomi Miyamoto; Kaoru Chatani; Hiroki Sato; Naoki Koyama; Yukio Takahata

  FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Dietary modification by common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) during seasonal drought conditions in western Madagascar

  Hiroki Sato; Shinichiro Ichino; Goro Hanya

  PRIMATES, Apr. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• ワオキツネザルの前腕臭腺分析(II)

  茶谷薫; 市野進一郎; 川本芳; 佐藤宏樹; SCHNOELL Anna

  名古屋芸術大学研究紀要, Mar. 2014

  
• ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF-MICROSATELLITF7, LOCI FOR THE LARGE-SEEDED TREE PROTORHUS DEFLEXA (ANACARDIACEAE)

  Hiroki Sato; Christopher Adenyo; Tsuyoshi Harata; Satoshi Nanami; Akira Itoh; Yukio Takahata; Miho Inotje-Murayama

  APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES, Jan. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• The roles of primates as seed dispersers: review of current knowledge and future issues

  Hiroki Sato

  Primate Research, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Development of microsatellite markers for Astrotrichilia asterotricha (Meliaceae), an endemic tree in Madagascar, using next-generation sequencing technology

  Hiroki Sato; Christopher Adenyo; Tsuyoshi Harata; Satoshi Nanami; Akira Itoh; Yukio Takahata; Miho Inoue-Murayama

  CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, Dec. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Habitat shifting by the common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus fulvus): a response to food scarcity

  Hiroki Sato

  PRIMATES, Jul. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Decline in the body mass of wild ringtailed lemurs at Berenty Reserve in Madagascar with environmental changes

  Shinichiro Ichino; Kaoru Chatani; Yoshi Kawamoto; Hiroki Sato; Anna Schnöll; Takayo Soma; Naoki Koyama; Mitsuru Aimi; Yukio Takahata

  African Study Monographs, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Non-flying mammalian fauna of Ampijoroa, Ankarafantsika National Park

  Ryo Ito; Felix Rakotondraparany; Hiroki Sato

  Madagascar Conservation and Development, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Seasonal fruiting and seed dispersal by the brown lemur in a tropical dry forest, North-Western Madagascar

  Hiroki Sato

  Journal of Tropical Ecology, Jan. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Diurnal resting in brown lemurs in a dry deciduous forest, northwestern Madagascar: implications for seasonal thermoregulation

  Hiroki Sato

  PRIMATES, Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Brown Lemurs in a Malagasy Tropical Dry Forest

  Hiroki Sato

  BIOTROPICA, Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Gut passage time and size of swallowed seeds in the common brown lemur and the mongoose lemur.

  Hiroki Sato

  Primate Research, 2009, Peer-reviewed

  

Presentations

• From a lemur dung to a forest ecosystem: Regeneration of ecological studies in Madagascar

  Hiroki Sato

  Symposium of Integrative Biology II: World Tour, 11 Nov. 2019, Invited

  
• マダガスカルの森を育むチャイロキツネザル

  佐藤 宏樹

  マダガスカル研究懇談会第22回大会, 31 Mar. 2018, Invited

  
• 「サルのフン」から学ぶこと：マダガスカルにおける森づくりのしくみ

  佐藤 宏樹

  2016年度アフリカセンター公開講座 「アフリカ地域研究資料センター設立30周年記念公開講座：アフリカから学ぶこと」, 21 Jan. 2017, Invited

  
• 種子散布者・チャイロキツネザルを追う：季節で変わる森へのサービス（高島賞受賞記念講演）

  佐藤 宏樹

  日本霊長類学会第30回大会, 05 Jul. 2014, Invited

  

Books and Other Publications

• Advances and frontiers in primate seed dispersal

  Onja Razafindratsima; Hiroki Sato; Yamato Tsuji; Laurence Culot, Joint editor, International Journal of Primatology

  Springer, Jun. 2018, Not refereed

  
• 世界で一番美しいサルの図鑑

  佐藤 宏樹, Contributor, マダガスカルの霊長類10種

  エクスナレッジ, Nov. 2017, Not refereed

  
• 動物による種子散布

  佐藤 宏樹, Contributor

  日本アフリカ学会（編）『アフリカ学事典』 昭和堂 4 pp, 2014, Not refereed

  
• キツネザルの昼と夜の行動の謎を解く

  佐藤 宏樹, Contributor

  中川尚史、友永雅己、山極壽一（共編）『日本のサル学のあした：霊長類研究という「人間学」の可能性』 京都通信社 pp 106-111, 2012, Not refereed

  

Awards

• 05 Jul. 2008

  Primate Society of Japan, Award for Best Oral Presentation
• 17 Sep. 2010

  International Primatological Society, Student Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
• 18 Jul. 2011

  Primate Society of Japan, Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
• 25 May 2014

  Japan Association for African Studies, Encouragement Award for Academic Study
• 05 Jul. 2014

  Primate Society of Japan, Takashima Award

External funds: Kakenhi

• Impacts on traditional utilization and original habitats of useful plants for aroma oil smelling across the world

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related

  Kyoto University

  佐藤 宏樹

  From 01 Apr. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2022, Granted

  有用植物;アロマオイル;商業利用;伝統利用;持続性;保全;民族植物学;グローバル化;持続可能性;マダガスカル

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K12476/
• Improved understanding of forest ecology in Madagascar through integrative analysis of seed dispersal by endemic animals and seedling establishment

  Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

  Medium-sized Section 40:Forestry and forest products science, applied aquatic science, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  北島 薫

  From 09 Oct. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2022, Granted

  熱帯乾燥林;樹木種多様性;森林動態;種子散布;森林構造;マダガスカル;実生更新;キツネザル;生物多様性;鳥類;熱帯林

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18KK0179/
• Why are they active in both day and night?: Adaptive significance of cathemerality in primitive primates

  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

  Kyoto University

  Hiroki Sato

  From 01 Apr. 2016, To 31 Mar. 2019, Project Closed

  周日行性;夜行性;昼行性;活動性;霊長類;キツネザル;マダガスカル;昼行性化;霊長類学

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K18629/
• Effectiveness of seed dispersal by animals in the fruiting strategies of the Malagasy endemic large-seeded plants

  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

  Kyoto University

  Hiroki Sato

  From 01 Apr. 2013, To 31 Mar. 2016, Project Closed

  種子散布;植物‐動物間相互作用;大型種子植物;果実食動物;キツネザル;マダガスカル;大型種子;結実時期;種子形態;霊長類;実生の定着;種子の運命;アンカラファンツィカ

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25870344/
• マダガスカル熱帯乾燥林の生態系サービス：多様な知識体系を活かす保全管理の検討

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related

  Kyoto University

  佐藤 宏樹

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Adopted

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22H03837/

External funds: others

• Assessment of Ecosystem Services of North Western Dry Forests in Madagascar and Potential for Sustainable Development with REDD+

  国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構（JST）持続可能開発目標達成支援事業

  From 01 Apr. 2020

  北島薫

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Research Seminar on Political Ecology III

  Spring, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Research Seminar on Political Ecology II

  Fall, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Research Seminar on Political Ecology IV

  Fall, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Research Seminar on Political Ecology I

  Spring, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Ecology for Area Studies

  Spring, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Ecology for Area Studies

  Spring, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Ecological Anthropology I

  Spring, 全学共通科目

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2022

  施設整備安全委員会委員長
• From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2022

  広報委員会
• From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2022

  キャリア・ディベロップメント室室長

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Jul. 2019, To Present

  庶務幹事, 日本霊長類学会
• From Apr. 2016, To Present

  African Study Monographs 編集委員, 京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター
• From Aug. 2018, To Aug. 2019

  Scientific Committee for 56th Annual Meeting, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
• From Jul. 2017, To Jul. 2017

  優秀発表賞審査委員, 日本霊長類学会
• From Apr. 2008, To Mar. 2014

  事務局員, マダガスカル研究懇談会