Phosphorus control of Bornean tropical rain forests : bottom-up effects on the ecosystem and plant adaptations

• Project/Area Number: 18255003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: KITAYAMA Kanehiro Kyoto University, 農学研究科, 教授 (20324684)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKADA Naoki 京都大学, 農学研究科, 准教授 (40335302) ; 宮本 和樹 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 研究員 (60353877) ; 相場 慎一郎 鹿児島大学, 理学部, 助教 (60322319) ; 久保田 康裕 琉球大学, 理学部, 准教授 (50295234)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYAMOTO Kazuki 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 研究員 (60353877) ; AIBA Shin-ichiro 鹿児島大学, 理学部, 助教 (60322319) ; KUBOTA Yasuhiro 琉球大学, 理学部, 准教授 (50295234)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥31,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥24,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥7,290,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥7,410,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,710,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥8,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,890,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥8,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,890,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥7,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,800,000)
• Keywords: 生態系 / 生物地球化学 / リン利用効率 / 生理適応 / 土壌栄養 / 熱帶降雨林生態系 / 土壌リン / ヒース林 / ポドゾル / 熱帯降雨林 / ヒ-ス林 / 熱帯降雨林生態系

Research Abstract

It was predicted that the concentration of soil phosphorus was low due to soil weathering and the residual soil phosphorus would not be available to biota due to its strong sorption with weathered soil minerals in the inland tropical rain forest ecosystems in Borneo. We widely surveyed Borneo and selected forest ecosystems of low phosphorus availability. We studied the ecophysiology of phosphorus-use efficiency and phosphorus acquisition efficiency of trees as well as the roles of soil microbial communities to elucidate the mechanisms of long sustainability of such phosphorus-limited rain forests.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Vertical distribution and accumulation of microbial residues in two tropical forest soils formed from contrasting parent material. (2009)
  • Author(s): Moritz L., Liang C., Wagai R., Kitayama K., Balser T.
  • Journal Title: Biogeochemistry 92 Pages: 83-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Extent and nature of organic coverage of soil mineral assessed by a gas sorption approach. (2009)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L.M., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 149 Pages: 152-160
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Divergent patterns of photosynthetic phosphorus-use efficiency versus nitrogen-use efficiency of tree leaves along nutrient-availability gradients. (2009)
  • Author(s): Hidaka A., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Ecology 97 Pages: 984-991
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nature of "occluded" low-density fraction in soil organicmatter studies : a critical review. (2009)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L.M., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 55 Pages: 13-25
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2009)Extent and nature of organic coverage of soil mineral assessed by a gas sorption approach. (2009)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L.M., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 149 Pages: 152-160
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Extent and nature of organic coverage of soil mineral assessed by a gas sorption approach (2009)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L.M., Kitayama K
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 149 Pages: 152-160
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Vertical distribution and accumulation of microbial residues in two tropical forest soils formed from contrasting parent material (2009)
  • Author(s): Moritz L., Liang C., Wagai R., Kitayama K. & Balser T
  • Journal Title: Biogeochemistry 92 Pages: 83-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Extent and nature of organic coverage of soil mineral assessed by a gas sorption approach. (2009)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L. M., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 149 Pages: 152-160
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nature of "occluded" low-density fraction in soil organic, matter studies : a critical review. (2009)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L. M., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 55 Pages: 13-25
  • NAID: 110007502703
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Climate and parent material controls on soil organic matter storage in surface soils: A three-pool, density-separation approach. (2008)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L.M., Kitayama K., Knicker H.
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 147 Pages: 23-33
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Variations in the soil microbial community composition of a tropical montane forest ecosystem: Does tree species matter (2008)
  • Author(s): Ushio M., Wagai R., Balser T., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40 Pages: 2699-2702
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Variations in the soil microbial community composition of a tropical montane forest ecosystem : Does tree species matter? (2008)
  • Author(s): Ushio M., Wagai R., Balser T. & Kitayama K
  • Journal Title: Soil Biol. Biochem 40 Pages: 2699-2702
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Climate and parent material controls on soil organic matter storage in surface soils : A three-pool, density-separation approach. (2008)
  • Author(s): Wagai R., Mayer L.M., Kitayama K. & Knicker H.
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 147 Pages: 23-33
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Climate and parent material controls on soil organic matter storage in surface soils : A three-pool, density-separation approach. (2008)
  • Author(s): Wagai. R., Mayer L. M., Kitayama K., Knicker H.
  • Journal Title: Geoderma 147 Pages: 23-33
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Comparative study of additive basal area of conifers in forest ecosystems along elevational gradients. (2007)
  • Author(s): Aiba S., Hanya G., Tsujino R., Takyu M., Seino T., Kimura K., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research 22 Pages: 439-450
  • NAID: 10019933047
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Floristic compostition and stand structure of the lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, (2007)
  • Author(s): Seino, T., Kitayama, K. & Lakim, M. B.
  • Journal Title: Sabah Parks Nature Journal 8 Pages: 63-82
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Temperature influences carbon accumulation in moist tropical forests. (2006)
  • Author(s): Raich J.W., Russel A., Kitayama K., Parton W., Vitousek P.M.
  • Journal Title: Ecology 87 Pages: 76-87
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Structural and floristic variation among small replicate plots of a tropical montane forest on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (2006)
  • Author(s): Aiba S., Suzuki E., Kitayama K.
  • Journal Title: Tropics 15 Pages: 207-224
  • NAID: 10019293957
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Perspectives on the long-term ecological research on Mount Kinabalu. (2006)
  • Author(s): Kitayama, K.
  • Journal Title: Tropics 15 Pages: 271-274
  • NAID: 10018322438
• [Journal Article] Structural and floristic variation among small replicate plots of a tropical montane forest on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (2006)
  • Author(s): Aiba, S., Suzuki, E., Kitayama, K.
  • Journal Title: Tropics 15 Pages: 207-224
  • NAID: 10019293957
• [Presentation] 生態系の地上-地下プロファイルに沿ったCNP分布の非対称性からみた低地熱帯降雨林 (2010)
  • Author(s): 今井伸夫・Titin J・北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-16
• [Presentation] ボルネオ熱帯林における土壌の栄養塩利用環境の違いと植物の適応 (2010)
  • Author(s): 宮本和樹
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-16
• [Presentation] リン利用効率からみた熱帯降雨林の空間変異 (2010)
  • Author(s): 日高周・北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-16
• [Presentation] 生物に適応を迫る土壌プロセス (2010)
  • Author(s): 和穎朗太
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-16
• [Presentation] リン制限下の熱帯林土壌における微生物の活性はリン律速か (2010)
  • Author(s): 喜多智・北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-16
• [Presentation] マレーシア熱帯山地林における樹木の生育土壌環境と個葉特性 (2010)
  • Author(s): 塩寺さとみ, 北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第57回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-16
• [Presentation] 熱帯林における土壌リン可給性と実生根のリン酸分解酵素活性の関係 (2009)
  • Author(s): 藤木泰斗, 北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 岩手県立大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-18
• [Presentation] 土壌炭素動態に微生物群集の組成は関係するのか? (2008)
  • Author(s): 和穎朗太, 北山兼弘, Teri Balser
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第55回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-17
• [Presentation] リン制限は光合成におけるリン利用効率を増加させるのか? (2008)
  • Author(s): 日高周, 北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第55回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-15
• [Presentation] 熱帯山地林において樹種依存的に形成される土壌微生物群集の構造と土壌酵素活性 (2007)
  • Author(s): 潮雅之、穎朗太、北山兼弘
  • Organizer: 第54回日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-03-20
• [Book] 栄養の乏しい土壌に豊かな森ができるわけ-熱帯林の樹木が「大きくなるジレンマ」を解消するしくみ-、森の不思議を解き明かす、エコロジ-講座 (日本生態学会編 矢原徹一 責任編集) (2008)
  • Author(s): 北山兼弘
  • Publisher: 文一総合出版
• [Book] 栄養の乏しい土壌に豊かな森ができるわけ -熱帯林の樹木が「大きくなるジレンマ」を解消するしくみ-、森の不思議を解き明かす、エコロジー講座 (2008)
  • Author(s): 北山兼弘
  • Total Pages: 85
  • Publisher: 文一総合出版