Development and utilization of a method for growth history analyses by 14C dating in aseasonal tropical rain forest trees

• Project/Area Number: 24405032
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: ICHIE Tomoaki 高知大学, 教育研究部自然科学系, 准教授 (80403872)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAYASU Ichiro 総合地球環境学研究所, 教授 (80353449) ; MATSUOKA Masayuki 高知大学, 教育研究部自然科学系, 准教授 (50399325) ; NANAMI Satoshi 大阪市立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 准教授 (70326247)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NIIYAMA Kaoru 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 国際連携推進拠点, 拠点長 (70353795) ; TANAKA Kenzo 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 植物生態研究領域, 主任研究員 (30414486)
• Research Collaborator: INOUE Yuta ; IGARASHI Shuichi ; YONEYAMA Aogu
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥9,360,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,160,000)
• Keywords: 放射性炭素 / 熱帯雨林 / 東南アジア / 熱帯二次林 / 気候変動 / 人為的攪乱 / 成長履歴 / 植生回復 / 炭素同位体比 / フタバガキ科 / 断片化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Growth analyses from tree-ring chronology have been difficult in trees of aseasonal tropical areas, because they do not form clear annual rings due to no climate seasonality. This study was designed to establish a new technique and check its accuracy to determine tree growth rates of tropical rain forest trees during the past 50 years and also estimate fallow duration in tropical secondary forests from radiocarbon (14C) concentration in xylem tissue under the conditions of a drastic decrease in 14C content in atmospheric CO2 after the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. As a result, we found a significant positive relation between the two growth rates of tropical rain forest trees determined from 14C dating and calculated from DBH data, which have been continuously recorded since 1969, in Pasoh Forest Reserve in Malaysia. We also clearly showed the estimation of fallow duration in tropical secondary forests with high accuracy by this method.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Height-related changes in leaf photosynthetic traits in diverse Bornean tropical rain forest trees (2015)
  • Author(s): Tanaka Kenzo, Yuta Inoue, Mitsunori Yoshimura, Megumi Yamashita, Ayumi Tanaka-Oda, Tomoaki Ichie
  • Journal Title: Oecologia Volume: 177 Issue: 1 Pages: 191-202
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3126-0
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Leaf water use in heterobaric and homobaric leafed canopy tree species in a Malaysian tropical rain forest. (2015)
  • Author(s): Inoue, Y., Kenzo, T., Tanaka-Oda, A., Yoneyama, A. and Ichie, T.
  • Journal Title: Photosynthetica Volume: - Issue: 2 Pages: 177-186
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0105-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants (2015)
  • Author(s): Falster, D.S., Ichie, T., Kenzo, T. et al.
  • Journal Title: Ecology Volume: 96 Issue: 5 Pages: 1445-1445
  • DOI: 10.1890/14-1889.1
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Usability of noise-free daily satellite-observed green-red vegetation index values for monitoring ecosystem changes in Borneo (2014)
  • Author(s): Nagai, S., Ishii1, R., Suhaili, A. B., Kobayashi, H., Matsuoka, M., Ichie, T., Motohka, T., Kendawang, J. J. and Suzuki, R.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume: 35 Issue: 23 Pages: 7910-7926
  • DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.978039
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Are stored carbohydrates necessary for seed production in temperate deciduous trees? (2013)
  • Author(s): Ichie, T., Igarashi, S., Yoshida, S., Kenzo, T., Masaki, T. and Tayasu, I
  • Journal Title: Journal of Ecology Volume: 101 Issue: 2 Pages: 525-531
  • DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12038
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ontogenetic Changes in Carbohydrate Storage and Sprouting Ability in Pioneer Tree Species in Peninsular Malaysia (2013)
  • Author(s): Tanaka Kenzo・Tomoaki Ichie・Reiji Yoneda・Ayumi Tanaka-Oda・Mohamad A. Azani・Nik M. Majid
  • Journal Title: Biotropica Volume: 45 Issue: 4 Pages: 427-433
  • DOI: 10.1111/btp.12036
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 異地性資源を消費する捕食者として クモに着目した研究 ― 13C，15N，14C 同位体分析による進展を中心に― (2013)
  • Author(s): 原口 岳
  • Journal Title: Acta Arachnologica Volume: 62 Issue: 2 Pages: 111-119
  • DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.62.111
  • NAID: 130004480788
  • ISSN: 0001-5202, 1880-7852
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dynamics of storage mineral nutrient storage for mast reproduction in the tropical emergent tree (2012)
  • Author(s): Ichie, T., Nakagawa, M.
  • Journal Title: Dryobalanops aromatica Volume: (in press) Issue: 2 Pages: 151-158
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0836-1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interspecific variation in leaf water use associated with drought tolerance in four emergent dipterocarp species of a tropical rain forest in Borneo (2012)
  • Author(s): Toru Hiromi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Forest Research Volume: (印刷中) Issue: 4 Pages: 369-377
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0303-4
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 射性炭素を用いた熱帯雨林樹木の過去50年の成長量解析. (2015)
  • Author(s): 市栄智明, 吉原良, 五十嵐秀一, 田中憲蔵、新山馨, Abd Rahman Kassim, Christine Dawn Fletcher, 陀安一郎
  • Organizer: 第62回日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-21
• [Presentation] 同位体分析による年輪の無い熱帯樹木の環境応答履歴の解明. (2015)
  • Author(s): 齋木拓郎, 松尾奈緒子, 吉藤奈津子, 小杉緑子, 市栄智明, 高梨聡
  • Organizer: 第62回日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-19
• [Presentation] Short-term drought impacts on water use in Bornean tropical rainforest trees. (2015)
  • Author(s): Kume, T., Oda, T., Inoue, Y., Yoshifuji, N., Katsuyama, M., Kumagai, T., Ichie, T.
  • Organizer: 第62回日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-19
• [Presentation] 熱帯樹木の生理生態－競争を生き抜く知恵とそのメカニズム－ (2014)
  • Author(s): 市栄智明
  • Organizer: 公開シンポジウム 熱帯・亜熱帯の森のはたらきに迫る－炭素循環研究の最前線－
  • Place of Presentation: 琉球大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-06
  • Invited
• [Presentation] How Emergent Trees in a Bornean Tropical Rainforest can Mitigate Impacts of Drought? (2014)
  • Author(s): Kume, T., Oda, T., Inoue, Y., Yoshifuji, N., Katsuyama, M., Kumagai, T., Ichie, T.
  • Organizer: 6th International Symposium on Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-08 – 2014-09-13
• [Presentation] Variation of leaf δ15N in diverse tree species in lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Malaysia. (2014)
  • Author(s): Tanaka-Oda, A., Kenzo, T., Ichie, T.
  • Organizer: 6th International Symposium on Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-08 – 2014-09-13
• [Presentation] フタバガキ科樹種の種子生産に対する貯蔵炭水化物の貢献度. (2014)
  • Author(s): 市栄智明, 吉田昌平, 吉原良, 五十嵐秀一, 永益英敏, 兵藤不二夫, 陀安一郎
  • Organizer: 第24回日本熱帯生態学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 宇都宮大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-14
• [Presentation] 東南アジア熱帯雨林における巨大高木リュウノウジュとホソバリュウノウジュの雑種形成. (2014)
  • Author(s): 濱田稔史, 名波哲, 山倉拓夫, 伊東明, 上谷浩一, 市栄智明, 田中憲蔵, Lucy Chong
  • Organizer: 第24回日本熱帯生態学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 宇都宮大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-14
• [Presentation] シンガポールの断片化林におけるサラノキ属雑種稚樹の成長と枯死. (2014)
  • Author(s): 田中憲蔵, 米田令仁, 上谷浩一, 名波哲, Shawn Lum, 則近由貴, 市栄智明
  • Organizer: 第24回日本熱帯生態学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 宇都宮大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-14
• [Presentation] Contribution of aboveground plant respiration to carbon cycling in a Bornean tropical rainforet. (2014)
  • Author(s): Katayama, A., Kenzo, T., Ichie, T., Kume, T., Matsumoto, K., Ohashi, M., Kumagai, T.
  • Organizer: EGU General Assembly 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-27 – 2014-05-02
• [Presentation] 放射性炭素を用いた熱帯雨林樹木の成長量解析技術の開発.
  • Author(s): 市栄智明, 吉原良, 高山佳苗, 五十嵐秀一, 田中憲蔵, 新山馨, Abd Rahman Kassim, Christine Dawn Fletcher, 陀安一郎
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島国際会議場
• [Presentation] マレー半島におけるフタバガキ科ショレア属種間雑種の分布.
  • Author(s): 上谷浩一, Dwiyanti Fifi Gus, 原田光, 田中憲蔵, 米田令仁, Mohamad Azani Alias, Muhamad Nik Majid, Shawn Lum, 名波哲, 市栄智明
  • Organizer: 第23回日本熱帯生態学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学
• [Presentation] シンガポール断片化林に生育するフタバガキ科雑種稚樹の乾燥耐性能力.
  • Author(s): 市栄智明, 則近由貴, 田中憲蔵, 上谷浩一, Shawn Lum
  • Organizer: 第23回日本熱帯生態学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学
• [Book] 教養としての森林学 (2014)
  • Author(s): 市栄智明
  • Total Pages: 253
  • Publisher: 文永堂出版