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Effects of the interplay between wood mice and seed-consuming insects on seed fate of Quercus serrata

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K07794
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Forest science
Research InstitutionForest Research and Management Organization

Principal Investigator

Shimada Takuya  国立研究開発法人森林研究・整備機構, 森林総合研究所, 主任研究員 等 (10353723)

Research Collaborator ISONO Masahiro  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords堅果 / コナラ / 野ネズミ / 種子食昆虫 / 動物植物相互作用 / 形質媒介間接効果 / seed fate / Seed fate / 間接効果 / 動物-植物相互作用 / 生物間相互作用 / 更新 / 森林生態系 / 羽化トラップ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of interaction between seed insects and wood mice, which are the main predators of seeds, on the seed fates of the konara oak Quercus serrata. As a result, a paradoxical relationship was found, in which the higher the damage rate of mother trees by seed insects, the more seedlings occurred. In addition, it was also found that the probability that individual seeds successfully become seedlings was higher in insect-damaged seeds than in insect-free seeds. This is thought to be due to the following process: 1) the quality of the seeds for wood mice decreased by insect damage; 2) it made wood mice avoid to consume insect-damaged seeds; and thus 3) the survival rate of insect-damaged seeds increased.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

コナラ属樹木は日本の森林の主要な構成種であり,種子(堅果)の生存過程を解明することは,コナラ属樹木の更新過程や維持機構を解明し,ナラ・カシ林生態系の保全・管理を実施する上で重要な貢献となる.種子食昆虫と野ネズミ類は堅果の最も主要な消費者であるが,両者は一見すると空間的・時間的に隔離されているため,その相互作用が堅果生存過程に与える影響については関心が払われてこなかった.しかし,本研究の成果によって,無関係に見える両者の相互作用が堅果の生存過程に実際に影響することが明らかになった.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Tick predation by the pseudoscorpion <i>Megachernes ryugadensis</i> (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae), associated with small mammals in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      OKABE Kimiko、MAKINO Shun’ichi、SHIMADA Takuya、FURUKAWA Takuya、IIJIMA Hayato、WATARI Yuya
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan

      Volume: 27 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.2300/acari.27.1

    • NAID

      130007410599

    • ISSN
      0918-1067, 1880-2273
    • Year and Date
      2018-05-25
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric wood mouse species (Muridae: Apodemus) revealed by DNA meta-barcoding analysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Sato Jun J、Shimada Takuya、Kyogoku Daisuke、Komura Taketo、Uemura Shigeru、Saitoh Takashi、Isagi Yuji
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mammalogy

      Volume: 99 Issue: 4 Pages: 952-964

    • DOI

      10.1093/jmammal/gyy063

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Different population responses of three sympatric rodent species to acorn masting - the role of tannin tolerance2017

    • Author(s)
      R. Onodera, Y. Akimoto, T. Shimada, T.Saitoh
    • Journal Title

      Population Ecology

      Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Pages: 29-43

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10144-017-0570-9

    • NAID

      40021157178

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Effects of acorn abundance on the individual growth of the Japanese wood mouse2019

    • Author(s)
      島田卓哉、伊東宏樹
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会66回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 野ネズミとその便乗者オオヤドリカニムシとの関係を探る2018

    • Author(s)
      島田卓哉、岡部貴美子、牧野俊一、坂本信介
    • Organizer
      日本哺乳類学会2018年度大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 森のネズミと共生するオオヤドリカニムシの生活史2018

    • Author(s)
      岡部貴美子,島田卓哉,牧野俊一
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第65回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 野ネズミが摂取するタンニンの由来:DNAメタバーコーディングと糞中プロリン含有率を用いて2018

    • Author(s)
      島田卓哉,佐藤淳,齊藤隆,小野寺緑也,秋元佑香
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第65回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Interspecific differences in tannin tolerance cause different population responses of three sympatric rodent species to acorn masting2017

    • Author(s)
      T.Shimada, T.Saitoh
    • Organizer
      12th International Mammalogical Congress
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Within-plant variability in seed characteristics and its effects on foraging behaviors of seed consumers2016

    • Author(s)
      T. Shimada
    • Organizer
      22nd International Conference of Zoology
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄コンベンションセンター(沖縄県・宜野湾市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Different population responses of three sympatric rodent species to acorn masting2016

    • Author(s)
      T. Shimada, R. Onodera, Y. Akimoto, T.Saitoh
    • Organizer
      7th Scientific Congress of East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies (EAFES7)
    • Place of Presentation
      大邱(大韓民国)
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 動物の結合タンパク質による無毒化とその応用(「動物学の百科事典」)2018

    • Author(s)
      土原和子、島田卓哉
    • Total Pages
      800
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621303092
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日本のネズミ:多様性と進化2016

    • Author(s)
      島田卓哉
    • Total Pages
      256
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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