| Project/Area Number |
10041166
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
系統・分類
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| Research Institution | KYOTO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUI Masafumi Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Professor, 大学院・人間・環境学研究科, 教授 (40101240)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KON Masahiro School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Associate Professor, 環境学部, 助教授 (00211912)
OTA Hidetoshi Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Associate Professor, 熱帯生物圏研究センター, 助教授 (10201972)
HIKIDA Tsutomu Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Associate Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (40135512)
ARAYA Kunio Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Instructor, 大学院・人間・環境学研究科, 助手 (10263138)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥8,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥4,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
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| Keywords | systematics / natural history / type specimens / herpetology / entomology / Europe / Asian tropics / museums |
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| Research Abstract |
From October 1998 to November 1999, we visited several major natural history museums in Europe. Our purpose of visits is to actually examine type specimens of small animals, such as amphibians, reptiles and insects, stored in these museums so as to ascertain our identification of many specimens of small animals obtained through our field surveys in Southeast Asian regions in the past 20 years. As a result, we could examine a lot of type specimens and many more non-typic specimens for reference. Resultant data will be very useful for the present and future taxonomic studies for not only for ourselves but also for all scientists of these fields. This attempt would be now particularly significant when biodiversity of these regions are attaining greater concern and importance of correct species identification is rapidly increasing.
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