Community assembly and host-specificity of herbivorous insects in cool-temperate forests

• Project/Area Number: 23710281
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Resource conservation science
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: HIRAO Toshihide 東京大学, 農学生命科学研究科, 講師 (90598210)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 拡散共進化 / 系統的保守性 / 共種分化 / 生態系保全 / 生物多様性 / 相互作用 / 冷温帯林 / 共進化 / 昆虫 / 森林 / 生態学

Research Abstract

This study examined tree-herbivore interactions to understand community assembly and host-specificity of phytophagous insects in cool-temperate forests. Statistical analyses indicated that phylogenetic distance between host tree species significantly increased with beta diversity of phytophagous insects. The result suggests that loss of phylogenetically isolated tree species as well as dominant tree species decline diversity of phytophagous insects in forest ecosystems.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Effects of phylogeny, leaf traits, and the altitudinal distribution of host plants on herbivore assemblages on congeneric Acer species (2014)
  • Author(s): Ryosuke Nakadai, Masashi Murakami & Toshihide Hirao
  • Journal Title: Oecologia Volume: (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Beta diversity of woody plants in the Japanese Archipelago : roles of geohistorical and ecological processes (2014)
  • Author(s): Kubota Y.. Hirao T., Fujii S., Shiono T. & Kusumoto B.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Biogeography Volume: in press Issue: 7 Pages: 1267-1276
  • DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12290
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Species diversity estimation of ambrosia and bark beetles in temperate mixed forests in Japan based on host phylogeny and specificity (2013)
  • Author(s): Kenji Watanabe, Masashi Murakami, Toshihide Hirao, Naoto Kamata
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 299-307
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1123-0
  • NAID: 40020030831
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Species abundance distributions of moth and beetle assemblages in a cool-temperate deciduous forest (2013)
  • Author(s): Toshihide Hirao, Masashi Murakami & Yasuhiro Kubota
  • Journal Title: Insect Conservation and Diversity Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Pages: 494-501
  • DOI: 10.1111/icad.12006
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 生物多様性の維持機構の解明に中立理論が果たす役割 (2013)
  • Author(s): 平尾聡秀・久保田康裕・村上正志
  • Journal Title: 生物科学 Volume: 64 Pages: 242-249
  • NAID: 40019645360
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 鳥類とコウモリ類が下層木の葉食性昆虫に与える影響 (2014)
  • Author(s): 岩城常修・平尾聡秀
  • Organizer: 第125回日本森林学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大宮ソニックシティ
  • Year and Date: 2014-03-28
• [Presentation] 植物の進化履歴が材食性昆虫のホスト特異性に与える影響 (2014)
  • Author(s): 渡邉謙二・村上正志・平尾聡秀・鎌田直人
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2014-03-16
• [Presentation] Species diversity of moth and beetle assemblages in a cool-temperate deciduous forest (2012)
  • Author(s): Toshihide Hirao
  • Organizer: 5th Symposium of Asian University Forest Consortium
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-27
• [Presentation] 植物の進化履歴が材食性昆虫のホスト特異性に与える影響
  • Author(s): 渡邉謙二・村上正志・平尾聡秀・鎌田直人
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
• [Presentation] 鳥類とコウモリ類が下層木の葉食性昆虫に与える影響
  • Author(s): 岩城常修・平尾聡秀
  • Organizer: 第125回日本森林学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大宮