Cathedral Church, Asmara, Eritrea (But I'm not Christian) Curator/Researcher Akihiro YAMANE(Ph.D.) Amphibians and Reptiles Key Words Animal Ecology / Population Genetics / Conservation Biology / Cats / Baboons / Salamanders / Frogs Recent publications Yamane, A., Ono, Y. & Doi, T. (1994) Home range size and spacing pattern of a feral cat population on a small island. Journal of Mammalogical Society of Japan, 19: 9-20. Yamane, A., Doi, T. & Ono, Y. (1996) Mating behavior, courtship rank and mating success of male feral cat (Felis catus). Journal of Ethology, 14: 35-44. Yamane, A., Emoto, J. & Ota, N. (1997) Factors affecting feeding order and social tolerance to kittens in the group-living feral cat (Felis catus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 52: 119-127. Yamane, A., (1998) Male reproductive tactics and reproductive success of the group-living feral cat (Felis catus). Behavioural Processes, 43: 239-249. Yamane, A., (1999) Male homosexual mounting in the group-living feral cat (Felis catus). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 11(4): 399-406. Ishida, Y., Yahara, T., Kasuya, E. & Yamane, A. (2001) Female control of paternity prior to copulation: inbreeding avoidance in female cat. Behaviour, 138: 235-250. Yamane, A., Shotake, T., Mori, A., Boug AI. & Iwamoto, T. (2003) Extra-unit paternity of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in Saudi Arabia. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 15(4): 378-387. Yamane, A. (2006) Frustrated felines: male-male mounting in feral cats. In: V. Sommer & P.L. Vasey (eds.), Homosexual Behaviour in Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective,Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 172-188. Mori, A., Yamane, A., Sugiura, H., Shotake, T., Boug, AI., & Iwamoto, T. (2007) A study on the social structure and dispersal patterns of hamadryas baboon living in a commensal group at Taif, Saudi Arabia. Primates, 48: 179-189. Yamane, A. & Nishida, S. (2010) Fine-Scale Spatial Genetic Structure and Genetic Diversity among Clouded Salamander (Hynobius nebulosus) Populations. Current Herpetology, 29(2): 78-90.