Basic Information

Professional Memberships

• From Jul. 2022, To Present

  British Ecological Society
• From Feb. 2021, To Present

  American Society of Mammalogists
• From 2021, To Present

  Japan Society of One Health Sciences
• From Jan. 2020, To Present

  The International Society for Behavioral Ecology
• From Apr. 2017, To Present

  THE MAMMAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
• From Apr. 2011, To Present

  JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
• From Apr. 2010, To Present

  ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
• From Jan. 2010, To Present

  INTERNATIONAL PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY
• From Apr. 2008, To Present

  PRIMATE SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Academic Degree

• MSc(Kyoto University)
• PhD in Science(Kyoto University)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Division of Life Science, 修了
• Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Division of Life Science, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• Kyoto University, Faculty of Science, 卒業

High School

• High School

  愛知県立旭丘高等学校

Research History

• From Apr. 2023, To Present

  Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Visiting Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2023, To Present

  Kyoto University, The Center for African Area Studies, Program-specific Assistant Professor
• From Sep. 2021, To Present

  Kyoto University, Program for the Development of Next-generation Leading Scientists with Global Insight (L-INSIGHT), Fellow
• From Jul. 2020, To Mar. 2023

  Kyoto University, The Center for African Area Studies, Program-specific researcher
• From Aug. 2019, To Sep. 2020

  Institute of Agricultural Research for Development
• From Aug. 2019, To Sep. 2020

  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Expert
• From Apr. 2018, To Jul. 2019

  Kyoto University, The Center for African Area Studies, Program-specific researcher
• From Aug. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, Postdoctoral researcher
• From Apr. 2017, To Jul. 2017

  Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, Assistant research staff
• From Dec. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Assistant research staff
• From Apr. 2012, To Mar. 2014

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS research fellow (DC2)

Profile

• Profile

  Shun Hongo is a field ecologist in Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University. He earned his PhD from Kyoto University in 2016 and worked as a researcher at Kyoto University Primate Research Institute and as an expert for Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He now joins a bilateral collaborative project between Cameroon and Japan. To establish a sustainable management system of wild mammals—an essential source of food and income for rural people in the Congo Basin—he seeks to integrate scientific methods such as camera trapping and practical knowledge of indigenous and local people.

Language of Instruction

• French
• Japanese
• English

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0001-8167-1348

• J-Global ID

  201601018377031067

• Researcher number

  70797266

• External link

  https://sites.google.com/view/shunhongo/home

Website(s) (URL(s))

• https://sites.google.com/view/shunhongo/home

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/shunhongo

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  Conservation science, Wildlife management, Primate ecology

Research Interests

• Conservation Science
• Mammals
• Primatology
• Socioecology
• Wildlife management
• Animal Ecology
• Rainforest
• Africa
• Camera trap

Research Areas

• Environmental science/Agricultural science, Biological resource conservation, Conservation science
• Life sciences, Ecology and environmental science, Animal ecology
• Life sciences, Physical anthropology, Primatology

Papers

• Females Move in Tight Crowds, Males Roam: Socioecology and Movement Ecology of Mandrills

  Shun Hongo

  Movement Ecology of Afrotropical Forest Mammals, 25 Apr. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Effect of landscape features on the genetic structure of forest duikers (Cephalophinae) in Moukalaba forest, Gabon

  Etienne François Akomo-Okoue; Eiji Inoue; Christiane Atteke; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Shun Hongo; Miho Inoue-Murayama; Juichi Yamagiwa

  Mammalian Biology, 30 Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• 

  Predicting bushmeat biomass from species composition captured by camera traps: Implications for locally based wildlife monitoring

  Shun Hongo; Zeun’s C. B. Dzefack; Latar N. Vernyuy; Sosuke Minami; Kaori Mizuno; Ryoma Otsuka; Yukiko Hiroshima; Champlain Djiéto‐Lordon; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Hirokazu Yasuoka

  Journal of Applied Ecology, 25 Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Stable isotopic investigation of the feeding ecology of wild Bornean orangutans

  Takumi Tsutaya; Anna Wong; Peter T. Malim; Henry Bernard; Nanako O. Ogawa; Naohiko Ohkouchi; Shun Hongo; Tomoyuki Tajima; Tomoko Kanamori; Noko Kuze

  American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 10 Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• 

  Seasonality in daily movement patterns of mandrills revealed by combining direct tracking and camera traps

  Shun Hongo; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Etienne François Akomo-Okoue; Fred Loïque Mindonga-Nguelet

  Journal of Mammalogy, Feb. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Double-observer approach with camera traps can correct imperfect detection and improve the accuracy of density estimation of unmarked animal populations

  Yoshihiro Nakashima; Shun Hongo; Kaori Mizuno; Gota Yajima; Zeun’s C. B. Dzefck

  Scientific Reports, 07 Feb. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Island-wide Distribution of Japanese Macaques in Yakushima Revealed by Census Targeting Feces on Roads in 2017-2018

  Goro HANYA; Shin-ichi YOSHIHIRO; Danhe YANG; Christopher Chai Thiam WONG; Momoko OKA; Moe YANAGI; Yutaro SATO; Taku OHTSUBO; Takayuki SAKURAI; Mikaze KAWADA; FAHRI F; Elangkumaran Sagtia SIWAN; Kristin HAVERCAMP; Shusuke YODEN; Ningxin GU; Seema Sheesh LOKHANDWALA; Masamitsu NAKANO; Yuto TAKI; Tamaki SHIMEGI; Shun HONGO; Akiko SAWADA; Takeaki HONDA; Yosuke KURIHARA

  Primate Research, Nov. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Use of multi-layer camera trapping to inventory mammals in rainforests in southeast Cameroon

  Shun Hongo; Zeun's CB Dzefack; Latar N Vernyuy; Sosuke Minami; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Champlain Djiéto-Lordon; Hirokazu Yasuoka

  African Study Monographs, Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Landscape-scale estimation of forest ungulate density and biomass using camera traps: Applying the REST model

  Yoshihiro Nakashima; Shun Hongo; Etienne François Akomo-Okoue

  Biological Conservation, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Host selection of hematophagous leeches (Haemadipsa japonica): Implications for iDNA studies

  Goro Hanya; Kaori Morishima; Tomoya Koide; Yosuke Otani; Shun Hongo; Takeaki Honda; Hiroki Okamura; Yuma Higo; Masamichi Hattori; Yuki Kondo; Yosuke Kurihara; Sakura Jin; Aji Otake; Izumi Shiroisihi; Tomomi Takakuwa; Hiroki Yamamoto; Hanami Suzuki; Hisashi Kajimura; Takashi Hayakawa; Nami Suzuki-Hashido; Takafumi Nakano

  Ecological Research, Nov. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Camera-trapping in primatology

  Shun Hongo

  Primate Research, Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Current advancements of behavioral and environmental methods in primatology

  Takumi Tsutaya; Shun Hongo

  Primate Research, Feb. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Seasonal Change in Diet and Habitat Use in Wild Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

  Shun Hongo; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Etienne François Akomo-Okoue; Fred Loïque Mindonga-Nguelet

  International Journal of Primatology, Feb. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Activity of wild Japanese macaques in Yakushima revealed by camera trapping: Patterns with respect to season, daily period and rainfall.

  Goro Hanya; Yosuke Otani; Shun Hongo; Takeaki Honda; Hiroki Okamura; Yuma Higo

  PLOS ONE, Jan. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Socioecology of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): mating and feeding tactics in a primate with extremely large group

  Shun Hongo

  Kyoto University, Nov. 2016, Lead author

  
• Female Reproductive Seasonality and Male Influxes in Wild Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

  Shun Hongo; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Etienne Francois Akomo-Okoue; Fred Loique Mindonga-Nguelet

  International Journal of Primatology, Jun. 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Noninvasive genetic analysis for assessing the abundance of duiker species among habitats in the tropical forest of Moukalaba, Gabon

  Etienne Francois Akomo-Okoue; Eiji Inoue; Christiane Atteke; Yoshihiro Nakashima; Shun Hongo; Miho Inoue-Murayama; Juichi Yamagiwa

  Mammal Research, Oct. 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• New evidence from observations of progressions of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): a multilevel or non-nested society?

  Shun Hongo

  Primates, Oct. 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Male genetic structure and paternity in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

  Eiji Inoue; Etienne Francois Akomo-Okoue; Chieko Ando; Yuji Iwata; Mariko Judai; Shiho Fujita; Shun Hongo; Chimene Nze-Nkogue; Miho Inoue-Murayama; Juichi Yamagiwa

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Aug. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Differences in the Functions of Glance Behavior Influence the Behavioral Patterns of Japanese Macaques at Arashiyama

  Shun Hongo

  Primate Research, Jun. 2012, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  

Misc.

• 肉食をめぐる人類学：第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会シンポジウム報告

  Shun HONGO; Shiaki KONDO; Rikai SAWAFUJI; Takushi HAYAKAWA; Haruka YAMAGUCHI

  Primate Research, 2023, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• ブッシュミート危機と野生動物マネジメント

  本郷 峻

  モンキー, Mar. 2021, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 中沢新一，山極寿一 著「未来のルーシー ―人間は動物にも植物にもなれる―」 青土社 2020 1,800円（税別） 230ページ

  Shun HONGO

  Primate Research, Nov. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• コロナの無い村から、感染の拡がる日本へ

  本郷 峻

  COVID-19とフィールド・ワーカー（Fieldnet 特設サイト）, Aug. 2020, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Report on Joint Meeting of the 26th International Primatological Society and the 39th American Society of Primatologists

  Shun Hongo

  Journal of African Studies, May 2017, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• After the Student Affairs Workshop in the XXIII Congress of International Primatological Society

  Tajima T; Taniguch H; Yamanashi Y; Otani Y; Ogawa S; Hayakawa T; Hongo S

  Primate Research, Jul. 2011, Peer-reviewed, Last author

  

Presentations

• Wildlife Monitoring with Camera Traps and the REST Model

  Shun Hongo

  14 Feb. 2022, Ministry Of Forestry And Wildlife, Cameroon, Invited

  
• アフリカ熱帯林の哺乳類を映像で解き明かす

  本郷峻

  第243回アフリカ地域研究会, 20 Jun. 2019, Invited

  

Books and Other Publications

• Camera Trap Monitoring for Wildlife Density Estimation with the REST Model: A Handbook Focusing on Rainforest Mammals

  Shun Hongo; Gota Yajima, Joint work

  Coméca Project, Jun. 2022, Not refereed

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Evolution of Human Sociality: Vol 2. The Past, Present, and Future of a Society with Empathy and Family

  Juichi Yamagiwa; Shun Hongo, Joint work

  Shisosha, Aug. 2020, Not refereed

  
• Evolution of Human Sociality: Vol 1. Primatology as a Study of Society

  Juichi Yamgiwa; Shun Hongo, Joint work

  Shisosha, Aug. 2020, Not refereed

  
• The Most Beautiful Field Guide to Primates

  Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Contributor, Mandrill, Drill

  X-knowledge, Nov. 2017, Not refereed

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• 人類の社会性の進化（下）：共感社会と家族の過去、現在、未来

  山極 寿一; 本郷 峻, Joint work

  詩想舎, Sep. 2017, Not refereed

  
• 人類の社会性の進化（上）：「社会」の学としての霊長類学

  山極 寿一; 本郷 峻, Joint work

  詩想舎, Sep. 2017, Not refereed

  
• はじめてのフィールドワーク：①アジア・アフリカの哺乳類編

  田島 知之; 本郷 峻; 松川 あおい; 飯田 恵理子; 澤栗 秀太; 中林 雅; 松本 卓也; 田和 優子; 仲澤 伸子, Contributor, マンドリルはいずこ

  東海大学出版部, Feb. 2016, Not refereed

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Works

• Evolution of the Human Sociality: A Quest for the Origin of Our Social Behavior

  Juichi Yamagiwa; Shun Hongo

  From Oct. 2015, To Present

  

Awards

• Jul. 2015

  Primate Society Japan, Award for the best poster paper presentation
• Sep. 2017

  The Mammal Society of Japan, Poster Presentation Award
• 2021

  Program for the Development of Next-generation Leading Scientists with Global Insight (L-INSIGHT), Kyoto University, L-INSIGHT Fellow

Media Coverage

• 京大など、霊長類最大の群れで暮らす野生マンドリルの食生活調査で季節的な「食糧難」への柔軟な対応を解明

  日本経済新聞社, 日本経済新聞, Dec. 2017, Paper

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Where in the canopy do monkeys eat fruits?: Spatial niche separation of the rainforest arboreal frugivores

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related

  Kyoto University

  本郷 峻

  From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2024, Granted

  霊長類;進化;カメルーン;ニッチ分割;樹上カメラ

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K15173/
• ヒトとゾウの「隣人」関係の生態史：生物多様性保全のランドシェアリングモデルの構築

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

  Medium-sized Section 4:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  安岡 宏和

  From 27 Oct. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  ヒト-動物-植物関係;ランドシェアリング;歴史生態学;非木材森林産品;メガファウナ;カメルーン;コンゴ盆地;熱帯雨林;先住民

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20KK0015/
• Influence of dental morphology on their social behaviours in two genera of mangabeys

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related

  Kyoto University

  Shun Hongo

  From 01 Apr. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2021, Project Closed

  霊長類;社会生態;カメラトラップ;熱帯雨林;マンガベイ;アフリカ;食性;分布;社会進化;自動撮影カメラ;カメルーン;適応;採食;採食技術;果実の形質;食物の破壊強度

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14803/

External funds: others

• カメラトラップ調査による野生マンドリルの性的装飾進化メカニズムの解明

  笹川科学研究助成

  From 01 Apr. 2017, To 28 Feb. 2018

  本郷峻

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Jul. 2019, To Jul. 2021

  Representative, Primate Society of Japan
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2018

  国際交流委員, 日本アフリカ学会

Academic Contribution

• BMC Zoology

  Peer review

  
• International Primatological Society - Malaysian Primatological Society Joint Meeting 2023

  Peer review

  International Primatological Society, Malaysian Primatological Society

  
• Land

  Peer review

  
• 肉食をめぐる人類学（第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会 一般シンポジウム企画）

  Planning, management, etc.

  本郷峻, 京都産業会館ホール, From 18 Sep. 2022

  
• Zoology and Ecology

  Peer review

  
• International Journal of Ecology

  Peer review

  
• International Journal of Primatology

  Peer review

  
• カメルーン熱帯⾬林における野⽣動物保全と住⺠参加型マネジメント（日本アフリカ学会第59回学術大会 フォーラム企画）

  Planning, management, etc.

  本郷峻, From 21 May 2022

  
• Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

  Peer review

  
• 霊長類学における行動・生態研究手法の現在（第33回日本霊長類学会大会 自由集会企画）

  Planning, management, etc.

  本郷 峻, 蔦谷 匠, コラッセふくしま, From 15 Jul. 2017

  
• Ecology and Evolution

  Peer review

  
• African Study Monographs

  Peer review

  
• Methods in Ecology and Evolution

  Peer review

  
• Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

  Peer review

  
• 哺乳類科学

  Peer review

  
• Ecological Research

  Peer review

  
• Ethology

  Peer review

  
• 霊長類研究

  Peer review

  
• Primates

  Peer review

  

Social Contribution

• メタバースで人類はいかに進化するのか？第2弾 〜霊⻑類の社会進化から未来のアバター社会を考える〜

  Guest, Panelist

  アカデミーヒルズ, From 26 Apr. 2023

  
• メタバースで人類はいかに進化するのか？ ～外見、役割から解放され、自由で多様な人生を生きる～

  Guest, Panelist

  アカデミーヒルズ, From 01 Feb. 2023

  
• ブッシュミート：アフリカ熱帯雨林の人々の暮らしと野生動物保全

  Lecturer

  アンスティチュ・フランセ関西, フランス語圏のリサーチ：フランコフォニー月間2022, From 14 Apr. 2022

  
• ヒトのコミュニケーション特性はオンラインだと活かしきれない？

  Consultant, Contributor

  博報堂生活総合研究所, みらい博2021, From Apr. 2021

  
• La vie dans une forêt du Cameroun : Quelle devrait être la relation entre l'homme et la nature ? (カメルーンの森の人々の暮らし：人間と自然との関係はどうあるべきか？)

  Lecturer

  Lycée Français International de Kyoto（京都国際フランス学園）, From 19 Mar. 2021

  
• Primates et nous (霊長類とわたしたち)

  Lecturer

  Lycée Français International de Kyoto（京都国際フランス学園）, From 19 Mar. 2021

  
• 熱帯雨林に暮らすマンドリルの社会と生態

  Lecturer

  SHAPE-Japan, 環境エンリッチメントオンラインセミナー Vol. 5, From 19 Feb. 2021

  
• Brainstorming Breakout Session【B1】“Revolutionary Change in Communication”

  Guest, Panelist

  Mori Memorial Foundation, Mori Art Museum, Academy Hills, Innovative City Forum 2020, アカデミーヒルズ, From 18 Nov. 2020

  
• 野生動物は何頭いるのか？

  Lecturer

  京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター, アフリカセンター 2020年度公開講座「アフリカの森を共創する」第２回, From 07 Nov. 2020

  
• 社会性、リアルで育つ時期

  Contributor

  朝日新聞社, 耕論 画面越しのキャンパス, 朝日新聞 朝刊, From 14 Oct. 2020

  
• 基礎科学から応用研究へ、行動から個体群へ、マンドリルから狩猟動物へ

  Lecturer

  日本大学生物資源科学部, From 30 May 2019

  
• 密林に潜むマンドリルの知られざる社会と生態

  Lecturer

  SHAPE-Japan, 第3回環境エンリッチメント実践型ワークショップ, 日本モンキーセンター, From 17 Jul. 2018, To 18 Jul. 2018

  
• 第34回日本霊長類学会大会 中高生ランチョンセミナー

  Lecturer

  日本霊長類学会大会, 第34回日本霊長類学会大会 中高生ランチョンセミナー, 武蔵大学江古田キャンパス, From 14 Jul. 2018

  
• マンドリルはなぜ群れる？ ～ど派手なサルの謎に迫る～

  Lecturer

  日本大学生物資源科学部, From 05 Jul. 2018

  
• ど派手なマンドリルのもう一つの「顔」

  Lecturer

  京都大学, 京都大学 学びコーディネーター事業, 福山暁の星高等学校（広島）, From 16 Nov. 2017

  
• サルにも社会がある？

  Lecturer

  京都大学, 京都大学 学びコーディネーター事業, 巣鴨中学校・高等学校（東京）, From 04 Nov. 2017

  
• マンドリルはなぜ群れる？ ～ど派手なサルの謎に迫る～

  Lecturer

  中部大学, From 02 Nov. 2017

  
• サルにも社会がある？

  Lecturer

  京都大学, 京都大学 学びコーディネーター事業, 富士高等学校（東京）（京都大学にて実施）, From 15 Sep. 2017

  
• サルにも社会がある？

  Lecturer

  京都大学, 京都大学 学びコーディネーター事業, 羽生第一高等学校（埼玉）, From 05 Sep. 2017

  
• La Société du Mandrill

  Lecturer

  アンスティチュ・フランセ関西京都, From 18 Jul. 2017

  
• 岩田山でニホンザルを観察しよう！

  Lecturer

  京都科学読み物研究会, やさしい自然教室, From 16 Apr. 2017

  
• マンドリルはなぜ群れる？ －ド派手なサルの謎に迫る－

  Lecturer

  京都市動物園, 夜の図書館カフェ DE トーク 第11弾, From 23 Oct. 2016

  
• マンドリルはいずこ：ど派手なサルのもう一つの顔

  Lecturer

  日本モンキーセンター, 第22回京大モンキー日曜サロン, From 27 Mar. 2016

  
• 映像が捉えた野生霊長類の変わった生態

  Lecturer, Planner

  京都大学, 京都大学アカデミックデイ2015, K.U.RESEARCH, From 04 Oct. 2015

  
• ど派手な群れたがり：マンドリルをめぐる2つの「なぜ」

  Lecturer

  語ろう！どうぶつ, From 07 Dec. 2013

  
• アフリカの森にマンドリルを追う：大集団をつくるサルの生態

  Lecturer

  東山動物園, 第24回東山動植物園ワークショップ, From 13 Jun. 2011

  
• ガボン共和国・ムカラバ‐ドゥドゥ国立公園におけるマンドリルの生態と社会

  Lecturer

  京都市動物園, 京都市動物園研究会, From 06 Jun. 2011

  
• 研究者って何？：フィールドワークを通して「研究」を考える

  Lecturer

  京都大学, 京都大学 子どもの知的好奇心をくすぐる体験事業, 城南菱創高校（京都）, From 19 Feb. 2011

  
• 研究者って何？：フィールドワークを通して「研究」を考える

  Lecturer

  西城陽高校（京都）, From 28 Jan. 2011