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Arboreal land snail as an indicator for evaluating effects of forest fragmentation on biodiversity

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K07270
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Conservation of biological resources
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

SAEKI Ikuyo  筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (70706837)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 日浦 勉  北海道大学, 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター, 教授 (70250496)
長田 典之  名城大学, 農学部, 准教授 (80400307)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords生物多様性 / 森林 / 林冠 / 陸産貝類 / 都市化 / 保全 / 捕食被食関係 / 操作実験 / 分断化 / 行動 / 種間関係 / 捕食 / カタツムリ / 生息地保全
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Urbanization generally reduces wildlife populations, but individual species responses are highly variable. Such variability may be explained by differences in species ecological traits. To examine this hypothesis, we compared population densities and trophic interactions of two land snails, ground-dwelling Ezohelix gainesi and arboreal Euhadra brandtii. Our results show markedly high E. gainesi and low E. brandtii densities in the urban, fragmented forests. According to manipulative field experiments, ground-tethered E. gainesi survived at high rates in urban forests. By contrast, tree-tethered E. brandtii maintained high survival rates both in urban and continuous forests. A lack of predatory mammals likely enables ground-dwelling E. gainesi to occur at high densities in urban forests. E. brandtii was not affected by this predation-relaxation effect. However, the absence of this species in urban forests suggests that canopy-dwellers may be more sensitive to forest fragmentation.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の結果は、森をきりひらいて街をつくるという人間の活動が、陸産貝類をはじめとする動物たちに様々な影響を与えていることを示している。森林が分断化されると、サッポロマイマイは生息密度が低下すると考えられた。本種は樹上性で、常にタヌキなど地表の捕食者を回避することはできるが、そもそも樹木がないと生活できないため、森林がなくなると生存や移動が難しくなる。一方地表性のエゾマイマイは、連続林では哺乳類に頻繁に捕食されるが、分断化した森林では捕食者がいなくなるため、数が増えると考えられた。野生生物はそれぞれ他の生き物と複雑な関係を結んでいる。森林の分断化はこうした関係性も変化させることが明らかにされた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Contrasting effects of urbanization on arboreal and ground-dwelling land snails: Role of trophic interactions and habitat fragmentation2020

    • Author(s)
      Saeki, I., S. Niwa, N. Osada, W. Azuma, and T. Hiura
    • Journal Title

      Urban Ecosystems

      Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11252-020-00930-6

    • NAID

      120007132668

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] First record of <i>Carabus insulicola</i> in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, and identification of source population by DNA analysis2020

    • Author(s)
      丹羽 慈,佐伯いく代
    • Journal Title

      Edaphologia

      Volume: 106 Issue: 0 Pages: 19-23

    • DOI

      10.20695/edaphologia.106.0_19

    • NAID

      130007992385

    • ISSN
      0389-1445, 2189-8499
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 森林の分断化が陸産貝類に与える影響2020

    • Author(s)
      佐伯 いく代; 丹羽慈; 長田典之; 東若菜; 日浦勉
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 都市化によって増えるカタツムリと減るカタツムリ2019

    • Author(s)
      佐伯 いく代; 丹羽慈; 長田典之; 東若菜; 日浦勉
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Contrasting occurrences of arboreal and ground-dwelling land snails along an urbanization gradient: the role of predation and fragmentation2019

    • Author(s)
      Saeki, I., S. Niwa, N. Osada, W. Azuma, and T. Hiura.
    • Organizer
      29th International Congress for Conservation biology
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 都市化によって増えるカタツムリと減るカタツムリ -捕食パラドックスの検証-2019

    • Author(s)
      佐伯いく代・丹羽慈・長田典之・東若菜・日浦勉
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 都市化が陸産貝類に与える影響:地表性エゾマイマイと樹上性サッポロマイマイの比較から見えるもの2018

    • Author(s)
      佐伯いく代・丹羽慈・長田典之・東若菜・日浦勉
    • Organizer
      日本貝類学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 都市化による森林の消失がカタツムリに与える影響

    • URL

      http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~rubra/Saeki_et_al_Urban_Ecosystems_Japanese_20200427.pdf

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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