| Project/Area Number |
20H03333
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
MacIntosh Andrew 京都大学, 野生動物研究センター, 准教授 (30623136)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
岡本 宗裕 京都大学, ヒト行動進化研究センター, 教授 (70177096)
和田 崇之 大阪公立大学, 大学院生活科学研究科, 教授 (70332450)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥7,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,740,000)
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| Keywords | primatology / parasitology / conservation / epidemiology / biodiversity / macroecology / wildlife / Primatology / Parasitology / Epidemiology / Conservation / Biodiversity / Conservatioon / Macroecology |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This is a collaborative project by behavioral ecologists, parasitologists and infectious disease epidemiologists, and conservation biologists. We aim to understand how human use of natural resources affects the relationship between wildlife and their parasites. The relationship between biodiversity and infectious disease risk is now highlighted by the global pandemic of COVID-19. Our work investigates primates and their parasites in Borneo, where rapid land conversion for oil palm has altered primate communities. How this affects risk of parasite emergence is a key question to now ask.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The original aim of this research was to test the relationship between primate biodiversity and parasite biodiversity in the biodiverse forests of Malaysian Borneo. However, because of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, we were unable to conduct this research as planned in the first 2 years (FY2020, FY2021). We were able to conduct field surveys in 2023, and analyses are ongoing. Because of the delays associate with international travel, we expanded this project to include an investigation of how invasive species - themselves agents of biodiversity change - influence parasite biodiversity in a terrestrial island ecosystem in Japan (Yakushima). This report includes progress made in both projects.
Through the project, we were able to further distinguish parasite diversity in a primate rich region of Malaysian Borneo and are currently working on modeling primate and parasite biodiversity interactions. We are also measuring risks of parasite spread to local fauna through invasive tanuki on Yakushima.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
Global events like the SARS-CoV2 pandemic underscore the importance of understanding disease emergence, especially in human-wildlife interface areas. Our work shows the connections between changing biodiversity and parasitic disease risk in wildlife within sensitive ecosystems.
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