Plant biodiversity patterns on East Asian islands: hierarchical processes of community assembly in time and space

• Project/Area Number: 15H04424
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: KUBOTA Yasuhiro 琉球大学, 理学部, 教授 (50295234)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 深谷 肇一 統計数理研究所, データ科学研究系, 外来研究員(JSPS特別研究員) (30708798) ; 楠本 聞太郎 琉球大学, 理学部, 博士研究員 (90748104)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
• Keywords: 植物多様性 / 植物生態学 / 古生態学 / ベータ多様性 / アルファ多様性 / 生物多様性の経度勾配 / 生物多様性の標高勾配 / 群集生態学 / ガンマ多様性 / 生物多様性の緯度勾配 / マクロ生態学 / 生物多様性 / 生物多様性情報学 / 生物地理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explored the mechanisms of origin and maintenance of plant biodiversity on East Asian islands. Specifically, we tested 1) regional diversity anomaly of temperate flora using community phylogenetics, 2) paleoecolgical processes underpinning diversity pattern of Tertiary relict flora, 3) historical processes of plant biodiversity on East Asian islands, 4) hierarchical filtering effects on woody plants communities. Based on these results, we demonstrated the relative importance of macroevolutionary processes relative to geographical constraints and ecological processes involving environmental filters and species interaction on shaping plant biodiversity patterns in time and space.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] National Taiwan University(台湾)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Nicolaus Copernicus University(ポーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Pedagogical University of Cracow(ポーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Universidad de Santiago de Compostela(スペイン)
• [Int'l Joint Research] National Tsing Hua University(台湾)
• [Int'l Joint Research] 台湾大学(台湾)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Pedagogical University of Cracow(ポーランド)
• [Journal Article] Multiple filters affect tree species assembly in mid-latitude forest communities (2018)
  • Author(s): Kubota Y., Kusumoto B., Shiono T., Ulrich W.
  • Journal Title: Oecologia Volume: － Issue: 1 Pages: 245-253
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4122-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Roles of climate niche conservatism and range dynamics in woody plants diversity patterns through the Cenozoic (2018)
  • Author(s): Shiono T., Kusumoto B., Yasuhara M., Kubota Y.
  • Journal Title: Global Ecology and Biogeography Volume: － Issue: 7 Pages: 865-874
  • DOI: 10.1111/geb.12755
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] How well are biodiversity drivers reflected in protected areas? A representativeness assessment of the geohistorical gradients that shaped endemic flora in Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): Kusumoto Buntarou、Shiono Takayuki、Konoshima Masashi、Yoshimoto Atsushi、Tanaka Takayuki、Kubota Yasuhiro
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research Volume: 32 Issue: 3 Pages: 299-311
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11284-017-1451-6
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The tangled link between β‐and γ‐diversity: a Narcissus effect weakens statistical inferences in null model analyses of diversity patterns (2017)
  • Author(s): Ulrich W., Baselga A., Kusumoto B., Shiono T., Tuomisto H., Kubota Y.
  • Journal Title: Global Ecology and Biogeography Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-5
  • DOI: 10.1111/geb.12527
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Species richness correlates of raw and standardized co-occurrence metrics (2017)
  • Author(s): Ulrich Werner、Kubota Yasuhiro、Kusumoto Buntarou、Baselga Andres、Tuomisto Hanna、Gotelli Nicholas J.
  • Journal Title: Global Ecology and Biogeography Volume: － Issue: 4 Pages: 395-399
  • DOI: 10.1111/geb.12711
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Dispersal process driving subtropical forest reassembly: evidence from functional and phylogenetic analysis (2016)
  • Author(s): Kusumoto B., Baba A., Fujii S., Fukasawa H., Honda M., Miyagi Y., Nanki D., Osako T., Shinohara H., Shiono T. & Kubota Y.
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research Volume: 31 Issue: 5 Pages: 645-654
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11284-016-1373-8
  • NAID: 40020941540
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Combining trait-based ecology and ethnobotany: impacts of biodiversity loss on timber provisioning service. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kusumoto, B., Shiono, T. & Kubota, Y.
  • Organizer: The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium: Vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes: 214p. (イタリア、パレルモ）
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effect of selective extinction and range shift on diversity patterns of temperate flora through the Cenozoic. (2017)
  • Author(s): Shiono, T., Kusumoto, B., Yasuhara, M. & Kubota, Y.
  • Organizer: The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium: Vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes: 214p. (イタリア、パレルモ）
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Revealing ecological advantage of plant clonality at the macroecological scale (2017)
  • Author(s): Fujinuma, F., Kusumoto, B., Shiono, T. & Kubota, Y.
  • Organizer: The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium: Vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes: 214p. (イタリア、パレルモ）
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Phylogenetic community assembly of angiosperm trees along climatic and geographical gradients (2017)
  • Author(s): Kubota Y., Kusumoto B. & Shiono T.
  • Organizer: The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium: Vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes: 214p. (イタリア、パレルモ）
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Latitudinal range shift response to Cenozoic climate change in East Asian woody plants. (2017)
  • Author(s): Shiono T, Kusumoto B, Yasuhara M, Kubota Y.
  • Organizer: International Biogeographical Society Climate Change Biogeography Meeting, Evora, Portugal
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Species-based co-occurrence analysis for inferring macro-ecological processes: a case study of the East Asian islands flora.シンポジウム S11 Biodiversity: linking biogeographic pattern and process. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kusumoto, B.
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第65回全国大会，2018年3月．札幌市．
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Assessing plant invasion based on co-occurrence of exotics and natives in the East Asian Islands. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kusumoto, B, Shiono, T. Kubota, Y., Villalobos, F.
  • Organizer: In Climate Change Biogeography, International Biogeography Society meeting. Mar 20-24th, 2018. Evora, Portugal.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Comparative analysis of spatial prioritization measures for biodiversity conservation in Japan. (2017)
  • Author(s): Fujinuma, J., Kusumoto, B., Shiono, T., Kubota, Y., Di Marco, M.
  • Organizer: In Climate Change Biogeography, International Biogeography Society meeting. Mar 20-24th, 2018. Evora, Portugal.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Multiple filter effect on species assembly: a driver of latitudinal biodiversity gradient in temperate forest communities. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kubota, Y., Kusumoto, B., & Shiono, T.
  • Organizer: In Climate Change Biogeography, International Biogeography Society meeting. Mar 20-24th, 2018. Evora, Portugal.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] How species assembly processes are captured in conservation priority areas: a multi-taxon comparison in the East Asian islands. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kusumoto, B., Shiono, T., & Kubota, Y.
  • Organizer: In Climate Change Biogeography, International Biogeography Society meeting. Mar 20-24th, 2018. Evora, Portugal.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 種の共存パターンに基づくマクロ生態プロセスの分析． (2017)
  • Author(s): 楠本聞太郎
  • Organizer: 動物植物生態三学会合同沖縄例会，2017年11月18日．沖縄．
  • Invited
• [Funded Workshop] Plant biodiversity in Asia: macroecological patterns and conservation planning. 2018年3月．西原町． (2017)