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Disentangling ecosystem functioning of soil food web by assessing diet age of microbivores

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K21201
Project/Area Number (Other) 18H06078 (2018)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2019)
Single-year Grants (2018)
Review Section 0703:Biology at organismal to population levels and anthropology, and related fields
Research InstitutionForest Research and Management Organization

Principal Investigator

Fujii Saori  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 (50648045)

Project Period (FY) 2018-08-24 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords土壌動物 / 分解 / 食物網 / 同位体 / 食性 / トビムシ / 放射性炭素同位体 / 根 / 根滲出物 / 形質アプローチ / 根浸出物
Outline of Research at the Start

土壌生物は、物質循環の主たるプロセスである有機物分解を担っている。それにもかかわらず、各分類群の役割は依然定量されずブラックボックスとして扱われたままである。生態系プロセスに対する動物の貢献は摂食活動により果たされるので、食性の検討はまずなされるべきものであるが、手法的困難さゆえに利用している炭素源の理解さえ進んでいない。本研究は、土壌小型節足動物の放射性炭素同位体比測定によって下位栄養段階に属する生物の炭素源を特定することで、土壌食物網全体の生態系機能の推定を可能にすることを目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Identifying the carbon source is still challenging for tiny soil invertebrates at low trophic levels because of methodological limitations. We conducted radiocarbon analysis with stable isotope analyses. Most springtail species exhibited lower Δ14C values than litter regardless of their δ13C and δ15N signatures, indicating their dependence on younger carbon. The significant negative correlation between δ15N and Δ14C values found among the edaphic Collembola suggests that the species with higher δ15N values depend on C from more recent photosynthate, which suggests that soil-dwelling species generally feed on mycorrhizae to obtain root-derived C. Most predatory taxa exhibited higher Δ14C values than Collembola, which indicates that they feed on animals with higher Δ14C values as well. Many predatory taxa still showed a younger carbon age than litter, indicating non-negligible effects of collembolan feeding habits on the soil food web.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

分解は物質循環を駆動する陸域生態系の主要なプロセスであり、これを担うのは土壌生物である。しかし、土壌食物網の下位栄養段階に属する微小な土壌動物の餌源を正確に評価することが困難なため、多くの土壌動物が分解者として本当に機能しているかどうかは検証が不十分であった。本研究は、トビムシと、それらの捕食者の多くが、枯死物よりも新しい炭素に依存していることを明らかにし、必ずしも分解者とは言い難いことを示した。環境変動による生物の消失を前に、生物多様性とその機能の保全の必要性が指摘されているが、本研究の成果は、生態系に対する生物の機能を十分な根拠なく判断することの危険性も提示している。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] アムステルダム自由大学(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Radiocarbon signature reveals that most springtails depend on carbon from living plants2021

    • Author(s)
      Fujii Saori、Haraguchi Takashi F.、Tayasu Ichiro
    • Journal Title

      Biology Letters

      Volume: 17 Issue: 9 Pages: 20210353-20210353

    • DOI

      10.1098/rsbl.2021.0353

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Living Litter: Dynamic Trait Spectra Predict Fauna Composition2020

    • Author(s)
      Fujii Saori、Berg Matty P.、Cornelissen Johannes H.C.
    • Journal Title

      Trends in Ecology & Evolution

      Volume: 35 Issue: 10 Pages: 886-896

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.007

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Taxi drivers: the role of animals in transporting mycorrhizal fungi2020

    • Author(s)
      Vasutova M、Mleczko P、Lopez-Garcia A、Macek I、Boros G、Sevcik J、Fujii S、Hackenberger D、Tuf IH、Hornung E、Pall-Gergely B、Kjoller R
    • Journal Title

      Mycorrhiza

      Volume: 29 Issue: 5 Pages: 413-434

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00572-019-00906-1

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Taxonomy, distribution and trait data sets of Japanese Collembola2019

    • Author(s)
      Hishi Takuo、Fujii Saori、Saitoh Seikoh、Yoshida Tomohiro、Hasegawa Motohiro
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research

      Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Pages: 444-445

    • DOI

      10.1111/1440-1703.12022

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 土壌食物網の下位栄養段階に属するトビムシの食性2022

    • Author(s)
      藤井佐織.
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 放射性炭素同位体分析によるトビムシの餌炭素年齢の推定2021

    • Author(s)
      藤井佐織, 原口岳, 陀安一郎.
    • Organizer
      日本土壌動物学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Habitat heterogeneity drives feeding niche diversity of Collembola: dead wood matters!2021

    • Author(s)
      Saori Fujii, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Jurgen van Hal, Matty P. Berg.
    • Organizer
      XVIII International Colloquium on Apterygota
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Plant "afterlife" effects: litter traits related to habitat environment for soil organisms2021

    • Author(s)
      Saori Fujii, Matty P. Berg, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen.
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第68回全国大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Plant "afterlife" effects on soil systems: temporal litter trait variability related to litter water-holding capacity.2020

    • Author(s)
      Saori Fujii, Matty P. Berg, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen.
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第67回全国大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ハビタットの異質性がトビムシ群集の機能の多様性を高める: 枯死木分解実験サイトを用いた検証2019

    • Author(s)
      藤井佐織, Matty P. Berg, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Jurgen van Hal, LOGLIFE Team, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen.
    • Organizer
      日本土壌動物学会第42回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 蓄積した土壌動物群集の謎に対する形質アプローチの有効性2019

    • Author(s)
      藤井佐織
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会全国大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 森の根の生態学2020

    • Author(s)
      平野 恭弘、野口 享太郎、大橋 瑞江
    • Total Pages
      376
    • Publisher
      共立出版
    • ISBN
      9784320058132
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-08-27   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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