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Does strangler ficus population maintain the pollination mutualism in the northernmost area of their habitat?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24658142
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Forest science
Research InstitutionForestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Principal Investigator

OTANI Tatsuya  独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 四国支所, 主任研究員 (80353613)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KANETANI Seiichi  独立行政法人, 森林総合研究所・九州支所, 主任研究員 (90353648)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords送粉共生 / 遺伝的多様性 / 結実周期 / 周年結実 / マイクロサテライト / 遺伝的組成 / 発芽 / 遺伝構造 / 分布辺縁部 / アコウ / 四国南部
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Population of Ficus superba var. japonica needs to achieve year-round fruiting in order to maintain the pollination mutualism with fig wasps. However, it seems that the year-round fruiting is failed in the northernmost area of the ficus habitat due to loss of genetic diversity and low temperature in winter. We observed the fruiting behavior of the ficus trees and investigated the genetic diversity in two populations, Ashizuri and Muroto, in the southern Shikoku Island. In both populations the year-round fruiting was maintained for two and a half year, however, no trees showed periodic fruiting exclusively in fall and winter when fruiting trees were sparse. Ashizuri population had higher genetic diversity than Muroto where the year-round fruiting was less stable, inferring that the genetic diversity of a ficus population fostered the stability of year-round fruiting.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2015 2014

All Presentation (3 results)

  • [Presentation] 分布北限域におけるアコウ(イチジク属)個体群の結実特性2015

    • Author(s)
      大谷達也、金谷整一
    • Organizer
      第62回日本生態学会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヤクシマザル糞内にあるアコウ種子の遺伝的多様性2015

    • Author(s)
      金谷整一、大谷達也
    • Organizer
      第62回日本生態学会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 四国における絞め殺し植物アコウの遺伝構造2014

    • Author(s)
      金谷整一、大谷達也
    • Organizer
      日本森林学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      埼玉、大宮
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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