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Population dynamics and nest distribution of the ant Oecophylla smaragdina in relation to biodiversity conservation in Malaysian oil palm fields

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25660266
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Insect science
Research InstitutionUniversity of the Ryukyus

Principal Investigator

TSUJI Mizuki  琉球大学, 農学部, 教授 (20222135)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 山根 正氣  鹿児島大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (30145453)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords総合的生物多様性管理 / 個体群動態 / 群集 / 害虫防除 / 社会性昆虫 / アリ / IPM / 生物多様性 / 血縁度 / 生物的防除 / アブラヤシ / 昆虫 / 環境 / 総合的害虫管理 / 熱帯農学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

PPopulation dynamics is fundamental when studying pest control and conservation of biodiversity. In ants empirical data on population dynamics are scanty due to difficulty coming from their eusociality and underground life. To breakthrough this we focus on Oecophylla. smaragdina population in oil palm plantations in Malaysia. By an extensive sampling of nests, we conclude that just multiplying the average worker number per nest, 6300+2460SE, and the total nest count is appropriate to estimate population density of workers. This is the first step for long-term monitoring of population dynamics of this ant in the field. Microsatellite DNA data suggest that the average intra-nest genetic relatedness was 0.49, with some portion of colonies being polygynous and/or polyandrous. The number of ant species nested in an oil palm tree was also monitored by cutting a few trees. Admittedly, future studies should develop a non-invasive methodology to relate the weaver ant density and biodiversity.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (42 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 15 results,  Open Access: 6 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results) Presentation (21 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Malaya(マレーシア)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] MALAYA UNIVERSITY(MALAYSIA)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Social structure and nestmate discrimination in two species of Brachyponera ants distributed in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Murata, N., TSUJI, K., Kikuchi, T.
    • Journal Title

      Entomological Science

      Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 86-95

    • DOI

      10.1111/ens.12232

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 外来アリの侵略性とは2016

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Journal Title

      昆虫と自然

      Volume: 51 Pages: 4-8

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Comparative transcriptomics reveals the conserved building blocks involved in parallel evolution of diverse phenotypic traits in ants2016

    • Author(s)
      Morandin C., Tin M.M.Y., Abril S., Gomez C., Pontieri L., Schiott M., Sundstrom L., Tsuji K., Pedersen J. S., Helantera; H., Mikheyev A.S.
    • Journal Title

      Genome Biology

      Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Pages: 000-000

    • DOI

      10.1186/s13059-016-0902-7

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Lycaenid caterpillar secretions manipulate attendant ant behavior2015

    • Author(s)
      Hojo M.K., Pierce N.E., Tsuji K.
    • Journal Title

      Current Biology

      Volume: 25 Issue: 17 Pages: 2260-2264

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.016

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Pair Interactions on Transition Probabilities between Inactive and Active States - Achieving Collective Behaviour via Pair Interactions in Social Insects2015

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi Y., Yuki M., Kikuchi T., Tsuji K., Sugawara K.
    • Journal Title

      JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

      Volume: 84 Issue: 10 Pages: 104801-104801

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpsj.84.104801

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Social dominance and reproductive differentiation mediated by dopaminergic signaling in a queenless ant.2015

    • Author(s)
      Yasukazu Okada, Ken Sasaki, Satoshi Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Shimoji, Kazuki Tsuji and Toru Miura
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Experimental Biology

      Volume: 218 Issue: 7 Pages: 1091-1098

    • DOI

      10.1242/jeb.118414

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report 2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] New records of ant species from Yunnan, China2015

    • Author(s)
      C. Liu, B. Guenard, F. Hita Garcia, Sk. Yamane, B. Blanchrd, D.-R.Yang, E. Economo
    • Journal Title

      ZooKeys

      Volume: 477 Pages: 17-78

    • DOI

      10.3897/zookeys.477.8775

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Global network structure of dominance hierarchy of ant workers.2014

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Shimoji, Masato S Abe, Kazuki Tsuji & Naoki Masuda
    • Journal Title

      Journal of The Royal Society Interface

      Volume: 11 Issue: 99 Pages: 20140599-20140599

    • DOI

      10.1098/rsif.2014.0599

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Social dominance modifies behavioral rhythm in a queenless ant2014

    • Author(s)
      Fuchikawa T,Okada Y, Miyatake T, Tsuji K
    • Journal Title

      Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

      Volume: 68 Issue: 11 Pages: 1843-1850

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00265-014-1793-9

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part II – Cerapachyinae, Aenictinae, Dorylinae, Leptanillinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Ectotommimae and Proceratiinae2014

    • Author(s)
      K. Eguchi, T. V. Bui, Sk. Yamane
    • Journal Title

      Zootaxa

      Volume: 3860 Pages: 1-46

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Second Vietnamese species of the myrmicine genus Lophomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)2014

    • Author(s)
      Sk. Yamane, S. Hosoishi
    • Journal Title

      Halteres

      Volume: 5 Pages: 64-68

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ecological conditions favoring budding in colonial organisms under environmental disturbance2014

    • Author(s)
      Mayuko Nakamaru, Takenori Takada, Akiko Ohtsuki, Sayaki, U. Suzuki, Kanan Miura, Kazuki Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: e91210-e91210

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0091210

    • NAID

      120005427751

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Ants Use Partner Specific Odors to Learn to Recognize a Mutualistic Partner2014

    • Author(s)
      Hojo, Masaru; Yamamoto, Ari; Akino, Toshiharu; Tsuji, Kazuki; Yamaoka, Ryohei
    • Journal Title

      PLOS ONE

      Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: e86054-e86054

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0086054

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 奄美大島名瀬の攪乱地におけるアリ類の活動レベルの季節変化2014

    • Author(s)
      山根正気、榮和朗、藤本勝典
    • Journal Title

      Nature of Kagoshima

      Volume: 40 Pages: 107-110

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Stand structure and plant species occurrence in forest edge habitat along different aged roads on Okinawa Island, southwestern Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Enoki T., Kusumoto B., Igarashi S, Tsuji K
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Forest Research

      Volume: (in press) Issue: 1 Pages: 97-104

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10310-012-0383-9

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Kin selection, species richness and community2013

    • Author(s)
      Tsuji, Kazuki
    • Journal Title

      BIOLOGY LETTERS

      Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 20130491-20130491

    • DOI

      10.1098/rsbl.2013.0491

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Public goods dilemma in asexual ant societies2013

    • Author(s)
      Dobata, Shigeto; Tsuji, Kazuki
    • Journal Title

      PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      Volume: 110 Issue: 40 Pages: 16056-16060

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1309010110

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] コメント不可視から可視へ2017

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      第64回日本生態学会大会 シンポジウム「生態学と進化学におけるビッグデータアプローチ」
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学早稲田キャンパス 東京都新宿区
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 沖縄島のアリ類における天然蜜利用の考察2017

    • Author(s)
      木下 哲・辻 和希
    • Organizer
      第64回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学早稲田キャンパス 東京都新宿区
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 社会進化における群淘汰モデルのご利益:群集との関連上.2017

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      京都大学生態学研究センター 公募ワークショップ「進化と生態の階層間相互作用ダイナミクス:生態学のリストラ3.
    • Place of Presentation
      龍谷大学 京都府京都市
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Demographic cost of selfish behavior in social insects2016

    • Author(s)
      Tsuji, K., Dobata, S., Kikuchi, T.
    • Organizer
      第63回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台国際センター
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Social Conflicts and the Underlying Autonomous Decentralized Control in Ants2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsuji, K.
    • Organizer
      SWARM 2015: The First International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Studies of ant invasion should more seriously consider the explicit link to fundamental theories of ecology and evolution2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsuji, K.
    • Organizer
      第31回個体群群生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      滋賀県立大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 血縁選択と群集および種多様性2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsuji, K.
    • Organizer
      第17回日本進化学会大会 シンポジウム 「進化生態学を『上の階層』から捉えなおす」
    • Place of Presentation
      中央大学後楽園キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 応用生態学研究への期待2015

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      第59回日本応用動物昆虫学会大会 小集会
    • Place of Presentation
      山形大学小白川キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The evolution of cheating and its relationship to the local community structure: in a preliminary ant study2015

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Tsuji, Shigeto Dobata
    • Organizer
      第62回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学郡元キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-19
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] アリにおける社会的な情報統合から生み出されるコト2015

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      第27回自律分散システムシンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      東京理科大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-22
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 血縁選択、群選択と群集:階層間をつなぐダイナミクスの解明に向けて2014

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      生態研センター公募ワークショップ2014「進化と生態の階層間相互作用ダイナミクス:生態学のリストラ」
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学生態学研究センター
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-13 – 2014-12-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 個体が群れの大きさを「見ないで知る」方法2014

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      システム制御情報学会特別企画パネル討論「群れを理解し操り創る」
    • Place of Presentation
      伊香保温泉
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Extended phenotypes of behavioral ecology: 群集生態学はこれからの行動生態学者のおいしい空きニッチ2014

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第33回大会 ラウンドテーブル 「行動生態学と群集生態学」
    • Place of Presentation
      長崎大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 社会性昆虫における社会的免疫と自己組織化2014

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希
    • Organizer
      日本昆虫学会第74回大会 シンポジウム「昆虫学会秋の学校」
    • Place of Presentation
      広島大学 西条キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Evolutionary and ecological dynamics of the ant social cancers2014

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Tsuji
    • Organizer
      17th IUSSI Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      Cairns Convention Center
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] アリ科女王の受精嚢内精子の運動とその制御因子の探索2014

    • Author(s)
      後藤彩子、野並浩、春日純、中島大賢、小林悟、伊藤文紀、辻和希
    • Organizer
      第58回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      高知大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Antennal cropping in a dry-wood termite, Neotermes koshunensis2014

    • Author(s)
      Y. Miyaguni, K. Sugio, K. Tsuji
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島国際会議場
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] How do ants sense their own colony size?2014

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Tsuji, Tomonori Kikuchi, Nao Fujiwara-Tsujii, Ken Sugawara
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島国際会議場
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 利己的行動のコスト:階層間相互作用研究に向け2014

    • Author(s)
      辻和希、菊地友則、土畑重人
    • Organizer
      第58回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      高知大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本産外来アリの侵略機構の解明:種間競争の発現パターンに着目して2014

    • Author(s)
      村田直貴、辻和希、菊地友則
    • Organizer
      第58回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      高知大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] トゲオオハリアリにおけるワーカーの脳内アミン濃度と女王接触頻度の関係2014

    • Author(s)
      下地 博之, 青沼 仁志,岡田 泰和, 三浦 徹, 辻 和希
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第61回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島国際会議場
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 生態学者・伊藤嘉昭伝 もっとも基礎的な事がもっとも役に立つ2017

    • Author(s)
      辻 和希(編集)
    • Total Pages
      421
    • Publisher
      海游舎
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 行動生物学辞典2013

    • Author(s)
      上田恵介、岡ノ谷一夫、菊水健史、坂上貴之、辻 和希 、友永雅己、中島定彦、長谷川寿一,松島俊也
    • Total Pages
      650
    • Publisher
      東京化学同人
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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